Abstract: An electric motor assembly has a motor housing, a stator mounted in the housing, a rotor rotatably mounted in the housing and disposed adjacent the stator, a pair of end shields mounted adjacent opposing ends of the motor housing having bearings disposed therein for rotatably supporting the rotor, a mounting bracket disposed in the housing, and a motor control component mounted in the bracket. The bracket has a one-piece, resilient body that is elastically deformable from a relaxed position to an expanded position, an engaging structure mounted on opposing portions of the body to secure the motor control component to the body, and a mounting structure that mounts the body in the housing. The bracket is mounted in the housing so that a surface thereof is disposed adjacent and interacts with an inner surface of the housing to prevent deformation of the bracket, thereby locking the component to the bracket.

Abstract: A drive arrangement for a treadmill includes an electric motor having a stator winding and an armature winding connected in series with each other and in parallel with a rectified power source. The rectified power source has both a DC component and an AC component. The series-connected motor is capable of producing torque for driving the endless belt of the treadmill from both the AC component and the DC component of the power source. Speed control circuitry of the type normally used with DC motor drives can be employed, while reducing the degradation in motor performance which would occur if a DC motor is used due to the presence of the AC component in the rectified power source. Other features include the use of a speed measuring device mounted adjacent a rotating shaft of the motor to provide direct feedback of motor speed to the speed control circuitry.