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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2002
Herbert Schiller, Buehlertal, DE;
Herbert Martin, Buehlertal, DE;
Michael Bohnert, Achern, DE;
Markus Boldt, Achern, DE;
Ulrich Rettmar, Gernsbach, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a spring element ( ) for compensating for axial play in a motor shaft of an electric motor. The invention proposes embodying such a spring element ( ) out of plastic and of one piece with a stop disk ( ), which is connected via spring arms ( ) to a support foot ( ), and placing it, along with the support foot ( ), onto a support sleeve ( ) with which the spring element ( ) can be press-fitted onto the motor shaft. The invention has the advantage that it eliminates the axial play in the motor shaft of an electric motor with a spring element ( ) that is inexpensive to manufacture and easy to install (FIG. ).