IP Library Granted Patent US 8,167,541
Granted Patent B2
US 8,167,541 · App. 12/336,334 · Granted May 1, 2012

Vibration-absorbing device for blower motors

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Patent No.
US 8,167,541
App. No.
12/336,334
Granted
May 1, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a vibration-absorbing device for blower motors, which is provided between a blower motor and a motor housing surrounding the blower motor. The vibration-absorbing device includes a vibration-absorbing body, which may be spherical, and an engaging depression. The vibration-absorbing body is provided in the blower motor. The engaging depression is formed in the inner surface of the motor housing such that a vibration-absorbing body can be contained therein.

Claims (12)

1. A vibration-absorbing device for a blower motor, the vibration-absorbing device being provided between the blower motor and a motor housing surrounding the blower motor, the vibration-absorbing device comprising:

a vibration-absorbing body affixed to the blower motor; and

an engaging depression formed in an inner surface of the motor housing and receiving the vibration-absorbing body therein.

2. The vibration-absorbing device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:

the vibration-absorbing body is mounted so as to protrude from a part of an outer surface of the blower motor; and

the engaging depression is formed to have a shape that corresponds to the outward shape of the vibration-absorbing body, which is pressed and inserted into the engaging depression.

3. The vibration-absorbing device as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the device comprises a plurality of vibration-absorbing bodies that are spaced apart from each other and are disposed along an outer circumference of the blower motor.

4. The vibration-absorbing device as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the vibration-absorbing body comprises a first absorption ball, a second absorption ball, and a connection unit for connecting the first and second absorption balls to each other.

5. The vibration-absorbing device as set forth in claim 4 , wherein the blower motor comprises a support bracket into which the connection unit is fitted.

6. The vibration-absorbing device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the vibration-absorbing body is spherical.

7. A blower motor housing comprising the vibration-absorbing device as set forth in claim 1 .

8. A blower motor assembly comprising a blower motor and the blower motor housing of claim 7 .

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 30, 2015
From: HALLA VISTEON CLIMATE CONTROL CORPORATION
To: HANON SYSTEMS
Reel/Frame 037007/0103 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 28, 2013
From: HALLA CLIMATE CONTROL CORPORATION
To: HALLA VISTEON CLIMATE CONTROL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 030704/0554 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2008
From: PARK, JUN KYU; KU, JUN MO
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORP.; HALLA CLIMATE CONTROL CORP.
Reel/Frame 021989/0692 →