Patent · US Expired

Glass motor housing having reinforcing members

US5822179A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 27, 1997
Grant dateOct 13, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 27, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K5/02
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A motor housing is made of glass material and includes a curved and convex reinforcing rib formed in the middle and inner peripheral portion. The reinforcing rib includes a thickness than the other portions of the motor housing for increasing the strength of the motor housing. The motor housing includes a number of stepped holes formed in the reinforcing rib and having two orifices of different sizes for engaging with the bolts and the heads of the bolts and for preventing the motor housing from being easily broken by the bolts.

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