Patent ID: 6880231

Claim:
A method for controlling an end play distance in an electrical motor, said electric motor comprising a motor housing for receiving a stator operatively associated with a rotor mounted on an armature when the armature is received in the motor housing, said motor comprising a lamina stack and an end lamina member, said lamina stack being operatively related to said stator when said rotor is situated in said housing, said method comprising the steps of: providing an adjustment member dimensioned to be received on the armature and be received in said end lamina member; slidably mounting said adjustment member onto said armature; positioning the end lamina member onto said armature having said lamina stack until at least a portion of said adjustment member is received within said end lamina member, thereby providing an armature assembly; positioning the armature assembly in said motor housing; situating an end cap on said motor housing until a bearing engages said adjustment member; and securing said end lamina member onto said adjustment member.