US 12,149,147 B2
Electric machine assembly having a terminal box
Jeffrey William Crosson, Dayton, OH (US)
Assigned to REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC., Beloit, WI (US)
Filed by REGAL BELOIT AMERICA, INC., Beloit, WI (US)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/679,957.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/153,660, filed on Feb. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0271615 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. H02K 5/22 (2006.01); H02G 11/00 (2006.01); H02K 3/52 (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 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H02K 5/225 (2013.01) [H02G 11/00 (2013.01); H02K 3/522 (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); H02K 15/02 (2013.01); H05K 7/1491 (2013.01); H02K 2203/06 (2013.01); H02K 2205/09 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric machine assembly comprising:
a housing;
a shroud; and
a terminal box coupled to said housing, wherein said terminal box comprises a base having an outer wall extending therefrom, wherein said outer wall comprises a distal edge that is correspondingly shaped with said housing such that said outer wall engages with said housing and with said shroud to form a seal, and wherein said base comprises at least one drainage opening and a plurality of inner walls extending from an exterior surface of said bottom wall and configured to channel moisture away from said at least one drainage opening.