Mount for connecting automotive fan motor to housing

US7318394B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• William M. Stevens · Oroville, US
• William Murray Black · Ann Arbor, US
• Stephens Nicholls · Bogen, DE
• Markus Liedel · Pegnitz, DE
• Thomas Helming · Baden-Baden, DE
• Peter Bruder · Ottersweier, DE
• Hugo Hermann · Achern, DE
• Britt Weigand · Bogen, DE
• Klaus Weickenmeier · Ettlingen, DE
• Jens Ulrich · Langewiesen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 25, 2004
• Grant date: Jan 15, 2008
• Expiry date: Oct 24, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F01P2070/50
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The motor of an automotive cooling fan system is attached to a housing by either bayonet mount, screw mount, or axial-snap features on both motor and housing, as well as a cradle structure on the housing.