Stud mounting system

• US 7,255,318 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2001
• Issued: 08/14/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Fisher, Lynn Edwin, Pape, Marc D., Leany, Thaylen K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sterling; Amy J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MARSH, STEVEN M
• Application Number:
  US10/026,847
• Publication Number:
  US 20030116691A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,062 Days
• Field of Search: 248/603, 248/604, 248/672, 248/640, 248/612, 248/674, 248/675, 248/638, 310/89, 310/91
• US Class Current: 248/640
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 7/00 Details of attaching or adjusting engine beds, frames, or supporting-legs on foundation or base; Attaching non-moving engine parts, e.g. cylinder blocks elastic or equivalent mounting for absorbing vibrations F16F, especially F16F15/04
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 5/00 Casings; Enclosures; Supports

Abstract

A housing for a motor is described. The housing extends between a pair of endshields and includes an inner surface, an outer surface, and at least one raised projection extending outwardly from at least one of the housing inner and outer surfaces. The projection includes at least one opening extending therethrough and at least one fastener configured to attach to the inner surface and extend outwardly through the housing opening.

Claims

1. A method for mounting a motor to a support, said method comprising:

providing a mounting system, the mounting system including a plurality of fasteners, the motor including a pair of endshields and a housing extending therebetween, the housing including a plurality of recessed openings, an outer surface, an inner surface, a housing body extending between the inner surface and the outer surface, and a plurality of raised projections, wherein each of the projections has a thickness that is equal to a thickness of the housing body;

attaching the fasteners through the openings formed in the housing, such that the fasteners extend radially outwardly through the housing and a head of the fasteners is substantially co-planar with an un-recessed portion of the inner surface of the housing and such that the head of the fasteners remain positioned between rotating components of the motor and the housing outer surface, wherein attaching the fasteners further comprises inserting each of the fasteners through a respective one of the plurality of raised projections such that the fasteners extend radially outwardly from the housing; and

attaching the motor to the support using the plurality of fasteners.

2. A method in accordance with claim 1 wherein the plurality of raised projections are circumferentially spaced 90 degrees about the housing, each of the plurality of openings disposed within a respective raised projection, attaching the fasteners further comprising inserting each respective fastener through the respective housing raised projection.

3. A method in accordance with claim 1 wherein attaching the fasteners further comprises crimping the fasteners to the inner surface of the housing.

4. A motor housing configured to receive a motor extending between a pair of endshields, said housing comprising:

an inner surface;

an outer surface, said inner surface configured to extend between a rotating component of the motor and said outer surface;

a housing body extending between said inner surface and said outer surface, said body comprising a thickness;

a plurality of raised projections extending radially outwardly from at least one of said housing inner surface and said housing outer surface defining a recess with respect to said housing inner surface of the housing body including an assembly of the rotating component and a stator of the motor, each of said plurality of raised projections comprising at least one opening extending therethrough, each of said plurality of raised projections comprising an inner surface and a thickness equal to said housing body thickness; and

at least one fastener having a top surface, said at least one fastener extends outwardly through said housing opening such that said top surface is substantially co-planar with an un-recessed portion of said housing inner surface.

5. A housing in accordance with claim 4 wherein each of said plurality of raised projections, are spaced circumferentially.

6. A housing in accordance with claim 4 wherein adjacent projections of said plurality of raised projections spaced circumferentially 90 degrees about the housing.

7. A housing in accordance with claim 4 wherein said housing comprises a cylindrical body.

8. A housing in accordance with claim 4 wherein said inner surface of said at least one of said plurality of raised projections comprises at least one attachment point.

9. A housing in accordance with claim 4 wherein said inner surface of each of said plurality of raised projections comprises a plurality of attachment points configured to receive a fastener.

10. A housing in accordance with claim 4 wherein said housing comprises a plurality of fasteners configured to attach to said inner surface of one of said plurality of raised projections such that said fasteners extend outwardly from said housing.

11. A housing in accordance with claim 4 wherein said at least one fastener is attached to said housing inner surface by at least one of a weld, a crimp, and an adhesive.

12. A housing in accordance with claim 4 wherein said at least one fastener is attached to said inner surface of at least one of said plurality of raised projections such that said fasteners are disposed inside said housing inner surface.

13. A motor comprising:

a pair of endshields;

a housing extending between said endshields and including an assembly of a stator and a rotor, wherein said housing includes a plurality of raised projections extending outwardly from said housing, said housing comprising an outer surface, an opposite inner surface, and a body extending therebetween, said body comprising a thickness, each of said plurality of raised projections defining a recess with respect to said housing inner surface and comprising an inner surface and a thickness equal to said housing body thickness, at least one opening extending through said recess, and at least one fastener having a top surface, said at least one fastener extends radially outwardly through said housing such that said top surface is substantially co-planar with said inner surface;

wherein said housing inner surface extends between said stator-rotor assembly and said housing outer surface.

14. A motor in accordance with claim 13 wherein each of said plurality of projections spaced circumferentially 90 degrees about the housing.

15. A motor in accordance with claim 13 wherein said housing is substantially cylindrically shaped.

16. A motor in accordance with claim 13 wherein each of said plurality of raised projections comprises a plurality of attachment points configured to receive a fastener.

17. A motor in accordance with claim 13 further comprising a plurality of fasteners configured to contact said inner surface of each of said plurality of raised projections and extend outwardly from said housing through said opening.

18. A motor in accordance with claim 17 wherein said plurality of fasteners are attached to said inner surface of a corresponding one of said plurality of raised projections by at least one of a weld, a crimp, and an adhesive.

19. A motor in accordance with claim 13 wherein said at least one fastener contacts said inner surface of a corresponding one of said plurality of raised projections such that a head of said at least one fastener is substantially co-planar with said housing inner surface.