Patent ID: 7470889

Claim:
A device for mounting an encoder on a motor, comprising: a first part including at least one first mounting ear, and a second part including at least one second mounting ear, a first end of the first part adapted to connect to a second end of the second part, a second end of the first part adapted to connect to a first end of the second part to form a substantially circular cleat, an inner diameter of the cleat adapted to couple to a housing of the encoder, the mounting ears adapted to mount to the motor; wherein the cleat is coupleable to the housing in at least two orientations including: (a) a first orientation in which a first surface of the cleat corresponds to a bottom surface of the cleat and is substantially coplanar with a bottom surface of the motor, and a second surface of the cleat opposite the first surface is spaced apart from the bottom surface of the motor; and (b) a second, inverted orientation in which the second surface of the cleat corresponds to the bottom surface of the cleat and is spaced apart from the bottom surface of the motor, and the first surface of the cleat is spaced apart from the bottom surface of the motor; and wherein the cleat and encoder are flush-mountable to the motor in the first orientation and mountable in a recessed pilot in the motor in the second orientation.