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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1998
Richard Belley, St. Louis, MO (US);
Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A frame or housing for an electrical device such as a motor or generator, is cast of metal and includes an integral lead channel to accommodate electrical wiring leads of the electrical device and an egress opening in the channel through which the leads pass. The lead channel configuration directs the electrical leads inserted into the channel from one of the axially opposite ends of the electrical device contained in the frame toward the egress opening at the center of the frame. A reinforcing rib, cast as an integral part of the frame, extends circumferentially across the lead channel inside the egress opening and stiffens the channel while also providing a portion of a continuous circumferential surface on the interior of the frame that engages around the electrical device secured in the frame.