A motor case, including at least a body forming a housing cavity; a pair of end shields, having a uniform thickness, directly attached one to each end of the body; a pair of stopping plates directly attached one to each the end shield, the stopping plates being coplanar with the end shields; and a pair of flanges directly attached one to each the end shield and together with the stopping plates forming a hollow sleeve-shaped bearing housing, the flanges extending from the end shields fully into the housing cavity, and the flanges being profiled in part at an acute angle with respect to the stopping plates, in part in parallel to the stopping plates, and in part in perpendicular to the stopping plates.