Patent ID: 6927509

Claim:
An electric fan motor comprising: a first motor housing having at least one inlet opening disposed on a surface of the first motor housing; a second motor housing having at least one outlet opening disposed on a surface of the second motor housing; and a stator comprising: i) a plurality of laminations formed in a stack and substantially disposed within at least one of the first motor housing and the second motor housing, the stack having a plurality of passages formed therethrough, ii) windings passing within at least a portion of said plurality of passages, iii) a first portion of the windings disposed on a first side of the stack and substantially within the first motor housing, and, iv) a second portion of the windings disposed on a second side of the stack and substantially within the second motor housing, wherein the at least one inlet opening is in fluid communication with the at least one outlet opening and air flows i) into the at least one inlet opening, ii) over the first portion of windings, substantially all of an exterior portion of the plurality of laminations, and the second portion of windings, and iii) out the at least one outlet opening.