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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2009
Rui Feng Qin, Hong Kong, CN;
Fa Yun Qi, Shenzhen, CN;
Rui Feng Qin, Hong Kong, CN;
Fa Yun Qi, Shenzhen, CN;
Johnson Electric S.A., La Chaux-de-Fonds, CH;
Abstract
A motor for HVAC applications, has a stator; a motor housing forming a part of the stator; an end cap fixed to the motor housing, and a rotor rotatably mounted confronting the stator. The end cap has an opening formed by a ring-shaped collar, the collar being at least partly disposed inside the motor housing. A plurality of projections on an outer circumferential surface of the collar are received in a plurality of receiving cutouts in the motor housing. Two fingers formed at the opening of each receiving cutout are deformed to lock the received projection inside the respective receiving cutout. At least three of the projections being pressed against the axially inner end of the respective receiving cutout.