Patent ID: 6419465
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: F04B

Abstract:
In combination with an electric motor driven air compressor, said air compressor including a bearing plate and an inboard rotational bearing mounted on said bearing plate, a crankshaft rotationally supported by said inboard rotational bearing, extending through said bearing plate, and terminating in a distal end disposed exterior of said bearing plate, and an electric motor, said electric motor including a stator frame, a stator fixedly mounted within said stator frame, and a rotor fixedly mounted to said crankshaft for rotation therewith and disposed interior of said stator, said air compressor additionally including an outboard rotational bearing disposed axially outboard of said stator frame, said stator, and said rotor, the improvement comprising:a shaft extension, said shaft extension including: an extension member having an extended major axis and a minor axis extending substantially transverse to said extended major axis; and connection means for connecting said extension member to such distal end of such crankshaft.