Patent ID: 7199497

Claim:
A frameless switched reluctance motor supported on a motor support, the motor having a stator and having a rotor forming an air gap therebetween, the rotor supported on a shaft disposed along an axis through the stator for rotatably transferring axial loads therealong, the motor comprising: a lamination stack for the stator, the stator's lamination stack having a first end and a second end; a first bearing located adjacent the first end of the stator's lamination stack for supporting the shaft and rotor axially and radially within the stator; a first housing having a peripheral first flange bearing upon the first end of the stator's lamination stack and an upper plate spaced from the first flange by a structural member, the upper plate supporting the first bearing for transference of axial loads through the first housing to the stator's lamination stack; a second bearing located adjacent the second end of the stator's lamination stack for supporting the shaft at least radially within the stator; and a second housing having a peripheral second flange connected to the second end of the stator's lamination stack and a second plate spaced from the second flange by a structural member, the second plate supporting the second bearing and adapted for connection to the motor support for transference of vertical loads from the second housing and stator's lamination stack.