Patent ID: 7482723

Claim:
An arrangement for assembly of a motor on a carrier, the arrangement comprising: a mounting clamp for securement of a respective motor thereto, said mounting clamp and a respective motor secured thereto being fastenable as a unit onto a carrier, said mounting clamp being operable to secure a respective motor having a shaft rotatable about an axis of rotation and a motor housing, the motor housing having one side portion located on one side of an axial plane in which the axis of rotation lies and another side portion located on an opposite side of the axial plane, the one side portion of the motor housing being at a different radial spacing from the axis of rotation than the other side portion of the motor housing, and the motor housing including one shaft lug toward one axial end of the motor housing and another shaft lug toward an opposite axial end of the motor housing that is axially spaced from the one axial end of the motor housing, said mounting clamp having a receiving cavity in which a respective motor is received and said mounting clamp having one flank on an axial side of said mounting clamp and another flank on an opposite axial said of said mounting clamp, said one flank having a recess for receiving one shaft lug of a motor housing of a respective motor and said another flank having a recess for receiving another shaft lug of the motor housing of the respective motor, and the respective motor being received in said receiving cavity of said mounting clamp with the one shaft lug of the motor housing being received in and extending axially along said one flank of said mounting clamp and the other shaft lug of the motor housing being received in and extending axially along said another flank of said mounting clamp, and said mounting clamp having a contact portion with a first engagement location for contacting, at a radial spacing from the axis of rotation, the one side portion of the motor housing of the respective motor on the one side of the axial plane and a second engagement location for contacting, at a radial spacing from the axis of rotation, the other side portion of the motor housing of the respective motor on the opposite side of the axial plane, the combined radial spacings of said first and second engagement locations of said contact portion defining a radial cavity width of said mounting clamp and said radial cavity width of said mounting clamp being automatically adjustable from a first radial cavity width to a second radial cavity width in response to a receipt of a second respective motor in said receiving cavity of said mounting clamp having a different radial extent than a first respective motor, and said first and second engagement locations of said contact portion resisting angular pivoting of a respective motor about its axis of rotation while the respective motor is received in said mounting clamp; and means for fastening said mounting clamp to a carrier.