Patent ID: 7030524

Claim:
A motor for driving a blower fan comprising: a cylindrical case body having a front end opening portion and a rear end opening portion; a rear end plate fixed on the rear end opening portion of the case body, the rear end plate having a first bearing; a front end plate fixed on the front end opening portion of the case body, the front end plate having a second bearing; a rotary drive shaft inserted into the central portion of the case body, the rotary drive shaft whose rear end portion is rotatably supported on the rear end plate through the first bearing and whose forward middle portion is rotatably supported on the front end plate through the second bearing; a rotor fixed on the middle portion of the rotary drive shaft; a stator fixed on the inner circumferential surface of the case body to face to the outer circumferential surface of the rotor; and a circumferential reinforcing element provided in the vicinity of an end portion of the stator, wherein the circumferential reinforcing element includes a ring portion and a cylinder portion extending from an outer peripheral edge of the ring portion, and wherein said cylinder portion is continuous about a 360 degree circumference, wherein the reinforcing portion is integrally formed with the case body.