Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Furnace air handler blower assembly utilizing a motor connected to an impeller fan that is suspended with mounting arms
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Application No.: US15848932Application Date: 2017-12-20
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Publication No.: US10697460B2Publication Date: 2020-06-30
- Inventor: Steven W. Post , Matthew Turner , Steven Camilleri
- Applicant: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WI Beloit
- Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee: REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Beloit
- Agency: Thompson Coburn LLP
- Main IPC: F04D17/16
- IPC: F04D17/16 ; F04D25/06 ; F04D29/28

Abstract:
A blower assembly having a blower housing, an impeller fan within the blower housing, the impeller fan being adapted for rotation about an axis and having a plurality of impeller blades and having an axial length, a motor having a stator and a rotor, the motor having an axial length, the rotor being configured to rotate relative to the stator for rotation about the axis, the rotor and the impeller fan being coupled so that the impeller fan rotates with the rotor about the axis, wherein a ratio of the axial length of the motor to the axial length of the impeller fan is less than 0.3, and a motor support bracket operatively securing the stator to one of the first and second side walls of the blower housing.
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