FAN AND MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN AIR CONDITIONER

摘要

A subassembly of an electric motor and a fan for use in an air conditioner (10) includes a centrifugal fan (20) adapted for rotation about a longitudinal axis. The fan (20) has an open inlet end at one longitudinal end thereof and convex closed end partition (104) defining a cup-shaped space (106) at the other axial end thereof. The fan motor (68) includes a housing having an axial length and a width and a drive shaft (94) extending from one axial end thereof. The closed end partition (104) of the centrifugal fan has a centrally disposed axially extending opening therethrough through which the drive shaft (94) of the motor (68) is adapted to be received and operatively attached. The width of the motor housing and the cup-shaped space (106) are sized to allow a substantial portion of the axial length of the motor housing to be received within said cup-shaped space (106) when the drive shaft (94) is operably attached to the partition (104).