Patent ID: 8585005

Claim:
A device for mounting an electric blower drive motor in an opening of a housing of a heating, ventilating and/or air conditioning unit for vehicles, the device comprising: a motor adapter having an annular configuration and defining a circular opening for receiving the drive motor within the motor adapter and having an outer edge opposite the drive motor defining a diameter of the motor adapter with a space defined between the housing and the motor adapter, and a damping device disposed in the space and having an outer periphery with the outer periphery having a step and with an edge of the housing that defines the opening disposed within the step to couple the motor adapter to the housing, wherein the diameter of the motor adapter is greater than the opening of the housing such that the motor adapter and the housing are mutually overlapping in a radial direction at the edge of the housing, and wherein the dampening device defines a recess having a semicircular configuration for adjusting the dampening of the dampening device.