Electric motor housings

Claim 1

IN AN ELECTRIC MOTOR HAVING A STATOR BODY AND A BEARING SUPPORT MEMBER AT EACH END OF THE STATOR BODY FOR ROTATABLY MOUNTING A ROTOR SHAFT, THE STATOR BODY HAVING OPPOSING END WALLS AND COMPRISING A STACK OF PLATES, THE STATOR BODY HAVING OPENINGS WHICH EXTEND AXIALLY BETWEEN THE OPPOSING END WALLS THEREOF AND ARE DEFINED BY ALIGNED APERTURES IN THE PLATES, THE COMBINATION OF HOLLOW TUBULAR SPACERS EXTENDING THROUGH THE OPENINGS AND HAVING AXIALLY EXTENDING END ZONES PROJECTING BEYOND THE END WALLS OF THE STATOR BODY, THE END ZONES OF THE SPACER TUBES PROJECTING BEYOND ONE END WALL OF THE STATOR BODY INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND AXIALLY EXTENDING SECTIONS, THE FIRST END ZONE SECTIONS HAVING WALLS WHICH FLARE OUTWARD FROM A FIRST INTERNAL DIAMETER IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE ONE END WALL OF THE STATOR BODY TO A SECOND LARGER INTERNAL DIAMETER AT REGIONS AXIALLY REMOVED FROM THE ONE END WALL, THE SECOND END ZONE SECTIONS EXTENDING FROM THE LAST-MENTIONED REGIONS TO THE EXTREME ENDS OF THE SPACER TUBES AND HAVING WALLS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXES OF THE OPENINGS, WHEREBY THE INTERNAL DIAMETERS OF THE SECOND END ZONE SECTIONS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THEIR LENGTHS AND AT THE SECOND LARGER INTER-