Patent ID: 7258036
Filing Date: 2007-08-21
Classification: F16H,H02K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An endplay structure for controlling endplay of a shaft of a motor, the endplay structure comprising: a body including a generally elliptically-shaped recess therein, the recess being constructed and arranged to be disposed generally adjacent to an end of the shaft, and an engagement member having a generally spherical portion constructed and arranged to be received in a press-fit arrangement with the recess, the engagement member having a surface constructed and arranged to contact the end of the shaft, whereby, when the surface of the engagement member is contacted by the end of the shaft, the spherical portion of the engagement member is press-fitted into the recess to control endplay of the shaft, wherein upstanding ribs extend from a bottom of the recess and within the recess, the ribs being constructed and arranged such that as the spherical portion of the engagement member is press-fitted into the recess, the spherical portion directly contacts and deforms the ribs enabling the spherical portion to move further into the recess with the ribs defining a stop.