Housing for an electric motor

A housing for an electric motor, the housing comprising:

• a tubular wall extending in an axial direction of the housing;
• and
• closures positioned at opposite axial ends of the tubular wall to rotatably support opposite axial end portions of a rotor;
• wherein
• at least one of the closures is separate from the tubular wall and includes a radially inner portion and a radially outer flange that, in an assembled state, is in physical contact with a radially inner surface of the tubular wall and extends from the radially inner portion of the separate closure towards the opposite axial end of the tubular wall;
• one of the closures is integral with the tubular wall;
• the closure integral with the tubular wall includes a rotor supporting portion to rotatably support an axial end portion of a rotor via a bearing, wherein the rotor supporting portion of the integral closure includes an annularly shaped circumferential wall extending in the axial direction to receive the bearing therein to rotatably support an axial end portion of the rotor;
• and
• the rotor supporting portion of the integral closure includes an axial end wall including a through hole extending in the axial direction to receive the rotor therein;
• and the axial end wall is located at an axial end of the circumferential wall facing or opposite to the closure separate from the tubular wall.