Patent ID: 7131275

Claim:
An electric motor comprising: a rotor shaft defining an axis, said shaft mounted for rotation upon a bearing; a rotor mounted for rotation with said shaft, said rotor comprises a base portion and an annular rotor portion extending from said base portion, said base portion mounted adjacent an end segment of said rotor shaft substantially transverse to said axis and said annular rotor portion extending about said shaft substantially parallel to said axis, said bearing mounted at least partially within said annular rotor portion, said annular rotor portion including a rotor inner surface and a rotor outer surface, said rotor inner surface between said axis and said rotor outer surface; a magnet mounted to said rotor outer surface along said annular rotor portion, said magnet including a magnet outer surface opposite said rotor outer surface; a housing comprising an at least partially conical annular housing portion which at least partially extends within said annular rotor portion, said bearing mounted between said annular rotor portion and said shaft; and a stator mounted to said housing about said magnet outer surface.