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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2004
Bryan Todd Fisher, Appin, CA;
Stan Simpson, St. Thomas, CA;
Bryan Todd Fisher, Appin, CA;
Stan Simpson, St. Thomas, CA;
Siemens VDO Automotive Inc., Chatham, CA;
Abstract
An electric motorhas an armature assemblycoupled with a rotatable shaft; a clamshell frame assemblyincluding first and second halves joined together, each of the first and second halves includes locking structure; and a pair of bearing assembliescarried by the frame assembly. Each bearing assembly includes a sleeve bearingand an elastomer structure. The elastomer structure has a main bodysubstantially surrounding the sleeve bearing, and a pair of tabsextending from the main body in opposing directions. Each bearing assemblyis operatively associated with an end of the shaft to permit rotation of the shaft. The locking structureengages the tabsof an associated elastomer structure to retain the bearing assembly with respect to the frame assembly, with the elastomer structures reducing transmission of noise from the sleeve bearings to frame assembly.