Patent ID: 7986065

Claim:
A pole housing for an electric motor, the pole housing comprising: a frame body formed from a sheet of material, the frame body having a first end, a second end, and at least one seam, the seam being sealed along its length; a flange formed from a sheet of material, the flange having an opening formed therein, an entire periphery of the first end of the frame body being sealed to the flange; an end cap formed from a sheet of material, the end cap having a nose configured to receive an end of an armature shaft therein, the end cap being coupled to the second end of the frame body and sealed thereto to provide a sealed enclosure, and the end cap being formed to include at least one projection extending into the interior region of the sealed enclosure; and a magnet structure located within an interior region of the sealed enclosure, the at least one projection of the end cap being configured to support the magnet structure within the interior region.