Patent ID: 6215215
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: B60T,F04B,F16C,H02K

Abstract:
An electric motor (3) comprising a cup-shaped motor housing (5) for containing a shaft (11), and a motor cover (6) that closes the motor housing (5), said motor cover (6) has a flat peripheral section (6a) extending essentially radial to the shaft (11) and an inner section (6b) integral with said flat peripheral section (6a) extending essentially axial to the shaft (11), said inner section (6b), at least partially, radially encloses a bearing (13) for supporting the shaft (11), wherein the electric motor (3) is fastened to a connecting block (35) in order to be connected to a subassembly (4) to be rotated, the peripheral section (6a) of the motor cover (6) and the connecting block (35) touch each other in a non-fixed relationship on at least one support (55) which is disposed in a vicinity of the bearing (13) that is encompassed by the inner portion (6b) of the motor cover (6) and that the motor housing (5) and the connecting block (35) are axially clamped in relation to each other by means of a clamping element (58), the clamping element (58) that clamps the motor housing (5) and the connecting block (35) axially against each other is provided with a radial spacing outside of the support (55), wherein the peripheral section (6a) of the motor cover (6) is axially connected to the motor housing (5) by a buttress (57).