US 12,470,108 B2
Electric machine assembly having a rotatable terminal box
Jeffrey William Crosson, Dayton, OH (US)
Assigned to Regal Beloit America, Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US)
Filed by REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC., Beloit, WI (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/680,009.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/153,660, filed on Feb. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0271616 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. H02K 5/22 (2006.01); H02K 5/10 (2006.01); H02K 5/15 (2006.01); H02K 5/18 (2006.01); H02K 9/06 (2006.01); H02K 9/22 (2006.01); H02K 15/02 (2025.01); H02G 11/00 (2006.01); H02K 3/52 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H02K 5/225 (2013.01) [H02K 5/10 (2013.01); H02K 5/15 (2013.01); H02K 5/18 (2013.01); H02K 9/06 (2013.01); H02K 9/227 (2021.01); H02G 11/00 (2013.01); H02K 3/522 (2013.01); H02K 15/02 (2013.01); H02K 2203/06 (2013.01); H02K 2205/09 (2013.01); H05K 7/1491 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric machine assembly comprising:
a housing comprising a first plurality of housing openings and a second plurality of housing openings; and
a terminal box removably coupled to said housing, wherein said terminal box comprises a base having a first plurality of base openings and a second plurality of base openings, wherein said base is symmetrical and reversible in orientation between a first orientation and a second orientation,
wherein said base of said terminal box includes a bottom wall including:
a wave shape defining a plurality of troughs extending an axial length of said base,
an exterior surface formed adjacent said housing, and
an outer wall extending from said exterior surface, said outer wall configured to form a partial seal between said terminal box and said housing.