Patent ID: 8246322
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: H02K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An element for positioning and retaining a stator of an electric motor of an outside diameter in a substantially cylindrical portion of a compressor shell whose inside diameter is greater than the outside diameter of the stator, wherein the element comprises: a cylindrical belt of revolution having a continuous cylindrical outside surface and a continuous cylindrical inside surface, the belt having substantially constant thickness and having an inside diameter which is substantially equal to the outside diameter of the stator so that the belt can be mounted substantially coaxially with clamping around the stator; and a plurality of bearing members projecting radially outwardly from the outside surface of the belt and each having a face for bearing on the shell, said bearing faces being situated on the lateral face of an imaginary cylinder of revolution having the same axis as the belt and having a diameter which is substantially equal to the inside diameter of the shell, such that the positioning and retaining element can be mounted with clamping inside the shell.