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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
May. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Chih Min Lin, Tipp City, OH (US);
Assignee:
A. O. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 3/510 ; H02K 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 3/510 ; H02K 1/100 ;
Abstract
An electric motor having a no-adjust starting switch. An actuator button of a starting switch assembly is slidably positioned in a switch housing mounted to an end frame of the motor. As a rotor shaft and associated centrifugal governor which engages the actuator button rotate, there is minimal wobbling of the actuator button during motor start-up and motor operation.