Patent ID: 6648613
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: F04D

Abstract:
A blower assembly, comprising:a rotor assembly having a shaft; a stator assembly coupled to said rotor assembly; a shrouded fan assembly coupled to said shaft so as to generate an air flow when said shaft rotates; a unitary diffuser having a fan side opposite a motor side, said fan side coupled to said shrouded fan assembly, said unitary diffuser having ports for transferring the air flow from said fan side to said motor side, said motor side having a stator wall that partially encloses said stator assembly and said rotor assembly; an end cap coupled to said stator wall for further enclosing said stator assembly and said rotor assembly; and a plurality of termination boxes disposed about the periphery of said stator wall, said stator assembly having wire windings that are terminated in at least some of said termination boxes, wherein said stator wall has a plurality of notches, each said notch is aligned with a corresponding termination box, wherein said wire windings pass through said notches.