Patent ID: 8585375

Claim:
An electrical submersible pumping system comprising: a pump section; a motor section connected to the pump section by a shaft and that comprises, a housing having an axial bore; a groove formed inside the housing and circumscribing the bore; a curvilinear snap ring set in the groove, a portion of which projects radially inward into the bore; a stack of laminations in the housing that define a stator and are axially compressed against the portion of the snap ring within the bore; a gap at an angular position in the snap ring; material adhered to the housing in the groove and projecting radially inward into the gap; wherein the groove, snap ring, gap, and material respectively comprise a first groove, a first snap ring, a first gap, and a first material; and the motor further comprising a second groove formed inside the housing and circumscribing the bore, a second snap ring set in the second groove and having a portion that projects radially inward from the second groove and into the bore, and a second material adhered to the housing in the second groove and projecting radially inward into the second gap, and wherein the stack of laminations is compressed between the first and second snap rings.