Patent · US Expired

Drive unit

US6171079A · kind A · utility

9Cited by

4References

16Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Gerhard Gross · Achern, DE
Peter Nolting · Bühl, DE
Bruno Santarossa · Limeshain, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 11, 1998
Grant date	Jan 9, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 11, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH02K5/24
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A drive unit for a radial blower has an electric motor including a driven shaft with a bearing for said driven shaft, and a motor housing provided with bearing pins which coaxially project at an end side of the motor housing and surrounds the bearing, a housing which receives the electric motor and has holders engaged in the bearing pins, at least one damping element composed of an elastic material and inserted between one of the bearing pins and one of the holders to radially and axially support the electric motor, the damping element being composed of a plurality of roller bodies having radially oriented body axes, the roller bodies being offset relative to one another and connected with one another with substantially constant distances there between.

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