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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2014
Baldor Electric Company, Fort Smith, AR (US);
Thomas F. Esterle, Greenville, SC (US);
Michael E. Konruff, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Chuong Nguyen, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Charles Richard Russell, Greenville, SC (US);
Jack Dean Asher, Greenville, SC (US);
Baldor Electric Company, Fort Smith, AR (US);
Abstract
A method of mounting a motor to a gearbox includes positioning a coupling along an input shaft of the gearbox from a starting position to a first alignment position. In the starting position, the coupling drivingly engages a greater portion of the gearbox input shaft than in the first alignment position. In the first alignment position, the coupling operatively contacts the motor output shaft. Another step includes rotating the coupling so that the coupling aligns with the motor output shaft. Another step includes axially positioning the coupling at a second alignment position such that the coupling drivingly engages both the motor output and the gearbox input shafts. Another step includes positioning the motor to allow mounting of the motor on the gearbox with the coupling at a third alignment position drivingly engaging a greater portion of the motor output and the gearbox input shafts than in the second alignment position.