Patent ID: 7063518

Claim:
A compressor assembly comprising: a compression mechanism; a motor including a rotor and a stator, said stator having a plurality of stacked laminations; a shaft having a first end and an opposite second end, said first end operably coupled to said compression mechanism, said shaft extending through said motor and operably coupled to said rotor, said second end extending outwardly from said motor opposite said compression mechanism; and a bearing support having a central body rotatably supporting said second end of said shaft, an outer ring and a support structure connecting said central body and said outer ring, said outer ring having a plurality of circumferentially distributed contact surfaces lying in a common plane and compressively abutting a first end of said stator and a plurality of recesses positioned between said circumferentially distributed contact surfaces, said contact surfaces causing axially extending bulges to be formed in said plurality of stacked laminations at said first end of said stator, said bulges aligned with and received in said plurality of recesses.