Patent ID: 6486580
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
A bearing retainer assembly for a rotating electrical machine having a cover, and a rotor with a bearing coupled thereto, comprising:a bearing retainer housing having a generally cup-shaped end portion and a coupling portion coupling said housing to said cover; a cylindrical bearing retainer liner having an end wall and being positioned within said cup-shaped end portion is sized to receive the bearing and a wavy washer therein, said wavy washer having a plurality of wave nodes extending laterally therefrom; said end wall having a plurality of tabs extending into said bearing retainer housing, said tabs adapted to secure said liner within said bearing retainer housing and being positioned so that at most one wave node may be positioned adjacent to one of said tabs; and a brush holder retaining portion having a pair of receiving channels adapted to receive and secure a brush holder housing.