Patent ID: 6376949
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
An improved electric motor fluid drainage interface for placement between an electric motor and an item of motor driven equipment which prevents the accidental leakage of fluid from said equipment into said electric motor, said interface comprising:a base plate, attachable to said electric motor and said motor driven equipment, comprising a main body having an upper, lower, and outer surface, said upper and lower surfaces being parallel to one another; said main body having a circular raised portion projecting upwardly from said upper surface of said main body, and a circular recess defined within said lower surface of said main body, said recess having the same nominal diameter as said raised portion, said recess having the same nominal thickness as said raised portion, and said recess being coaxial with said raised portion; a shaft aperture defined by said main body which passes through said main body in the direction perpendicular to the planes of said upper and lower surfaces, and co-axial with said raised portion and said recess; at least one oil exit port defined by said main body which passes through said main body extending from said upper surface of said raised portion to said outer surface; and, at least one bolt receiving aperture defined by and passing through said main body from said upper surface to said lower surface; and, a ring shaped flinger, attachable to the rotor shaft of said electric motor.