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Arrangement with an electric motor

  • US 20060017341A1
  • Filed: 07/11/2005
  • Published: 01/26/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A motor mounting arrangement comprising an electric motor (20) having a support flange (36) associated therewith, said support flange having a circumference;

  • and a snap-lock element (82) for securing said support flange within an opening (94) formed in a mount (22) annularly surrounding said motor, wherein a circumferential surface of the flange (36) is configured for mounting in said opening (94);

    a central plane (P) through said opening (94) separates a motor-side space (MS) from a flange-side space (FS);

    said mount (22) is formed with a substantially frustoconical shoulder (96) in said motor-side space (MS);

    and the snap-lock element (82) extends circumferentially along at least a portion of said circumference, is resiliently deflectable in a radially inward direction, and is adapted to lock against said frustoconical motor-side shoulder (96) when said motor (20) is mounted in said opening (94).

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