# US 2013/0154422 A1 · Motor Holder For Receiving An Electric Machine And Electric Machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0154422 A1 - Document ID: US20130154422A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/516,294 - Filed: 2012-06-15 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2009-12-18 - Assignees: Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Komanditgesellschaft - Inventors: Marco Stohling; Hannelore Diller; Burkard Rochner - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130154422A1 ## CPC - H02K 5/00: Casings; Enclosures; Supports - B60H 1/00521: {Mounting or fastening of components in housings, e.g. heat exchangers, fans, electronic regulators} - F16M 5/00: Engine beds, i.e. means for supporting engines or machines on foundations - H02K 5/04: Casings or enclosures characterised by the shape, form or construction thereof - H02K 5/10: with arrangements for protection from ingress, e.g. water or fingers - H02K 5/15: Mounting arrangements for bearing-shields or end plates - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) - B60H: ARRANGEMENTS OF HEATING, COOLING, VENTILATING OR OTHER AIR-TREATING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PASSENGER OR GOODS SPACES OF VEHICLES - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS ## Abstract The invention relates to a motor holder for receiving an electric machine, in particular for receiving the bearing of an electric machine, comprising a surrounding outer wall, an intermediate floor joined to the surrounding outer wall, a floor for receiving a bearing, which floor is moulded in the intermediate floor and is joined to the intermediate floor by a transitional region, the transitional region having an encircling first annular wall and at least one encircling second annular wall which form an annular storage space provided in the transitional region. The invention relates to an electric machine having a motor holder of this type. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A motor holder for receiving an electric machine, in particular for receiving the bearing of an electric machine, the motor holder comprising: a surrounding outer wall, an intermediate floor joined to the surrounding outer wall, a floor for receiving a bearing, which floor is moulded in the intermediate floor and is joined to the intermediate floor by a transitional region, wherein the transitional region has an encircling first annular wall and at least one encircling second annular wall which form an annular storage space provided in the transitional region. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The motor holder of claim 1, wherein the first and at least one second annular wall are each of the same height. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The motor holder of claim 1, wherein the first and the at least one second annular wall form a labyrinth-type seal with a bearing bracket of an electric machine which is to be associated with the motor holder. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The motor holder of claim 1, wherein the at least one first annular wall and a portion, associated therewith, of the outer wall define a further storage space. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The motor holder of claim 1, wherein the transitional region is delimited in the transition to the intermediate floor by at least one encircling first annular wall and is delimited in the transition to the floor by at least one encircling second annular wall. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The motor holder of claim 1, wherein the at least one second annular wall defines with the floor a bearing region provided for the bearing of the electric machine. ### Claim 7 An electric machine, the electric machine comprising: a housing which contains an end having a bearing bracket which has a bearing which is at least partly open outwards, a motor holder for receiving the bearing of an electric machine, the motor holder comprising: a surrounding outer wall, an intermediate floor joined to the surrounding outer wall, and a floor for receiving a bearing, which floor is moulded in the intermediate floor and is joined to the intermediate floor by a transitional region, wherein the transitional region has an encircling first annular wall and at least one encircling second annular wall which form an annular storage space provided in the transitional region, and wherein the motor holder is arranged over the end of the housing having the bearing bracket, the bearing being arranged in the bearing region of the motor holder. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The electric machine of claim 7, wherein the first and the at least one second annular wall extend substantially in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the electric machine. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The electric machine of claim 7, wherein the first and the at least one second annular wall form a labyrinth-type seal with the bearing bracket. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The electric machine of claim 7, wherein the electric machine is a component of an air conditioning system of a motor vehicle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The electric machine of claim 7, wherein the first and at least one second annular wall are each of the same height. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The motor holder of claim 1, wherein the first and the at least one second annular wall form a labyrinth-type seal with a bearing bracket of an electric machine which is to be associated with the motor holder. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The motor holder of claim 1, wherein the at least one first annular wall and a portion, associated therewith, of the outer wall define a further storage space. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The motor holder of claim 1, wherein the transitional region is delimited in the transition to the intermediate floor by at least one encircling first annular wall and is delimited in the transition to the floor by at least one encircling second annular wall. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The motor holder of claim 1, wherein the at least one second annular wall defines with the floor a bearing region provided for the bearing of the electric machine.