Patent ID: 6368086
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: F01C,F04C

Abstract:
A reversible bracket for a pump assembly including:a first flange adapted to be connected to a pump housing; a second flange, parallel to said first flange, and laterally displaced therefrom, said second flange adapted to be connected to a bearing carrier; a central bore extending through said bracket, adapted to receive an input shaft extending therethrough; a first annular recess formed in said flange, concentric with said central bore, extending laterally between a first position and a second position along said central bore, said first annular recess having a first diameter; whereby said bracket is reversible between an inboard position and an outboard position such that in said inboard position said first annular recess is adjacent the pump housing and, when said bracket is in said outboard position, said first annular recess is adjacent to the bearing carrier.