Patent ID: 6057615
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
A bracket for attaching a capacitor with an annular projection to a motor having therein a keyhole with a rectangular portion and a circular portion, the bracket comprising:a first semicylindrical member including a closed end portion having therein an end portion recess, a first downwardly extending semicylindrical extension portion, a first downwardly extending rotation locking projection portion and a first hinge portion including at least two outwardly extending arcuate tab members having tab surfaces;a second semicylindrical member including a closed end portion having an end portion projection, a second downwardly extending semicylindrical extension portion, a second downwardly extending rotation locking projection portion and a second hinge portion including an outwardly extending slot extension having therein slots, each slot including an arcuate surface, the tab members of the first hinge portion being insertable into the slots of the second hinge portion so that the tab surfaces are adjacent to the arcuate slot surfaces thereby forming a hinge having an axis, the semicylindrical members being pivotable about the hinge axis to open and closed positions;the semicylindrical members defining, when in the closed position, a cylinder having an axis and a closed end formed by the engagement of the first semicircular end portion recess and the second semicircular end portion projection, the cylinder having therein an annular recess concentric with the cylinder axis so that the annular projection of the capacitor extends into the annular recess of the cylinder portion when the bracket is in the closed position, thereby retaining the capacitor in the bracket, and the semicylindrical members permitting, when in the open position, the capacitor to be removed from the annular recess and from the bracket;the rotation locking projection portions defining, when the bracket is in the closed position, a rotation locking projection; andthe semicylindrical extension portions defining, when the bracket is in the closed position, a mounting cylinder having an axis perpendicular to the capacitor bracket cylinder axis and including a locking extension perpendicular to the mounting cylinder axis, the mounting cylinder being insertable into the motor keyhole so that the mounting cylinder extends through the circular portion of the motor keyhole and the locking extension extends through the rectangular portion of the motor keyhole, and so that when the bracket is pivoted about the mounting cylinder axis to a locked position, the locking extension prevents removal of the mounting cylinder from the keyhole and the rotation locking projection extends into the rectangular portion of the keyhole to prevent rotation of the bracket from the locked position.