Patent ID: 7690283

Claim:
A motor mount assembly for a clamshell lathe, comprising: a drive gear adapted to be connected to a drive shaft of a drive motor and having a rotational axis, a head portion comprising a plurality of gear teeth arranged circumferentially around the rotational axis and adapted for driving gear teeth on a rotatable ring of the clamshell lathe, and a shaft portion connected to the head portion, the head portion having a bore in an end face of the head portion, the shaft portion including a second bore located in an end face of the shaft portion and adapted to receive the drive shaft of the drive motor; and a housing adapted to be connected to a stationary ring of the clamshell lathe, wherein a portion of the drive gear is located in and is operatively rotatable within the housing, the housing having a drive shaft aperture adapted to receive a portion of the drive shaft of the drive motor, and a drive gear aperture that exposes a portion of the gear teeth of the drive gear.