Patent ID: 8288905

Claim:
A motor for HVAC applications, comprising: a stator; a motor housing forming a part of the stator; an end cap fixed to said motor housing, and a rotor rotatably mounted confronting said stator, wherein said end cap comprises an opening formed by a ring-shaped collar, said collar being at least partly disposed inside said motor housing, a plurality of projections being formed on an outer circumferential surface of said collar, a plurality of receiving cutouts being formed in said motor housing to receive said projections, two fingers being formed at the opening of each receiving cutout and deformed to lock the received projection inside the respective receiving cutout, at least three of said projections being pressed against the axially inner end of said respective receiving cutout; and a plurality of ribs are formed on an outer circumferential surface of said collar, each of said ribs being axially aligned with a corresponding one of said projections and extending axially from said projection towards said opening formed by said collar, the outer diameter of said collar at portions corresponding to said ribs being slightly larger than an inner diameter of said motor housing.