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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2009
Barry M. Newberg, St. Louis, MO (US);
Stephen J. Burton, Fenton, MO (US);
Barry M. Newberg, St. Louis, MO (US);
Stephen J. Burton, Fenton, MO (US);
Nidec Motor Corporation, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
An electric motor assembly is configured to be mounted within a machine in a selected one of multiple possible motor dispositions corresponding with different motor axis positions. The motor assembly includes an endshield having a pair of opposite generally radially-extending mounting flanges. Each mounting flange presents an engagement portion that includes a plurality of spaced apart, dissimilarly-shaped recesses that extend in a generally common direction. The pair of flanges cooperatively present corresponding sets of like-shaped recesses, each of which is associated with one of the motor dispositions, but only one of the sets of recesses extends entirely through the engagement portions to define a single set of like-shaped fastener-receiving through holes corresponding to the selected motor disposition. A method of manufacturing components for electric motor assemblies configured to be mounted within respective machines in a selected one of multiple possible dispositions is also disclosed.