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US 10,651,709 B2Granted
Fan arbor grounding
AssigneeGentherm Incorporated
InventorsChad Vincent Pacilli, Stephen Patrick Seguin, Nadim Ramadan, Jason Trout, Matthew Jerome Wimsatt
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Abstract
A blower comprising: (a) a stator including: (i) one or more magnets and (ii) an impeller having a cup that receives the magnet; (b) a stator including: (i) an arbor; and (ii) motor windings; (c) a printed circuit board; and (d) a contact spring that extends between the arbor and the printed circuit board to ground the arbor.
Claims20
A blower comprising:
- a. a rotor including:
- i. one or more magnets;
- and
- ii. an impeller having a cup that receives the one or more magnets;
- b. a stator including:
- i. an arbor;
- and
- ii. motor windings;
- c. a printed circuit board;
- and
- d. an aperture located between the printed circuit board and the arbor, the arbor is configured to extend through the aperture;
- and
- e. one or more contact springs that are connected to the printed circuit board and extend over the aperture
- wherein the arbor is in contact with the one or more contact springs to ground the arbor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.