Patent ID: 7223070

Claim:
A blower motor assembly comprising: a motor assembly, including a housing and having a stator and a rotor carried by the housing; and a working air fan assembly coupled to the housing and having an axial inlet and at least one exhaust outlet, the fan assembly having a cup shaped fan cover having a hole forming the inlet, a centrifugal fan fixed to the rotor for rotation therewith, a diffuser plate for guiding the working air to the at least one exhaust outlet and a vane plate for guiding the working air from the fan to the diffuser plate, the vane plate having a plurality of vanes located about the radial periphery of the fan; characterized in that the vane plate is fixed to the fan cover as a press fit against a cylindrical wall of the fan cover and is nipped between the diffuser plate and a base of the fan cover to prevent axial movement.