Patent ID: 6695580
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: F04D,F05D,H02K

Abstract:
A bypass motor assembly, comprising:a motor having a rotatable shaft; a working air fan secured to said rotatable shaft; a shroud having an intake eyelet and at least one exhaust aperture; and an end bracket having a shaft hole through which said rotatable shaft extends, said end bracket and said shroud partially enclosing said working air fan, wherein rotation of said working air fan draws air in through said intake eyelet and exhausts the air through said at least one exhaust aperture; said end bracket having a plurality of channels that slope downwardly and outwardly away from said working air fan toward said at least one exhaust aperture, wherein said channels extend from an inner periphery in circumferential alignment with the outer periphery of said working air fan toward an outer periphery of said end bracket.