A system and method for guiding a motor into alignment with a transmission during assembly. The system may allow the motor to be placed into engagement with a motor mount in a first position, wherein in the first position, the position of the motor is constrained by guide structures such that the ge
A system and method for guiding a motor into alignment with a transmission during assembly. The system may allow the motor to be placed into engagement with a motor mount in a first position, wherein in the first position, the position of the motor is constrained by guide structures such that the gear teeth of the drive gear and the gear teeth of a driven gear are not fully intermeshed, and a rotation axis of the drive gear is not parallel to a rotation axis of the driven gear. The motor may then be manipulated in the motor mount while constrained by the guide structures along a motion path until the gear teeth of the drive gear and the gear teeth of the driven gear are more fully intermeshed, and the rotation axis of the drive gear is substantially parallel to the rotation axis of the driven gear.
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1. A system for guiding a motor into alignment with a transmission during assembly of the motor with the transmission, comprising: a flange configured to be attached to a motor proximal a pinion of the motor, the flange having a first wing and a second wing opposite the first wing, the first wing an
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A system for guiding a motor into alignment with a transmission during assembly of the motor with the transmission, comprising: a flange configured to be attached to a motor proximal a pinion of the motor, the flange having a first wing and a second wing opposite the first wing, the first wing and the second wing flanking the pinion;a motor mount for the transmission, the motor mount including:a bore structured to accommodate the pinion of the motor;one or more guide structures adjacent the bore, including: a first guide for guiding the first wing;a second guide for guiding the second wing;wherein the first guide and the second guide are configured to mechanically guide the first wing and the second wing, respectively, such that the motor moves in a motion along a path, wherein in a first position along the path, a rotation axis of the pinion is not parallel with a rotation axis of a driven gear of the transmission, and as the motor is guided further along the path by the first guide and the second guide, the rotation axis of the pinion is brought substantially parallel to the rotation axis of the driven gear of the transmission and one or more gear teeth of the driven gear are brought to intermesh with one or more gear teeth of the pinion. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the motion along the path includes a number of positions that are progressed through sequentially, the number of positions including: the first position in which the first wing is disposed in the first guide, and the second wing bears against a top surface of the second guide, wherein in the first position, the rotation axis of the pinion is not parallel with the rotation axis of the driven gear of the transmission and none of the gear teeth of the driven gear intermesh with the gear teeth of the pinion;a second position achieved from the first position via rotation of the motor relative to the motor mount of the transmission, wherein in the second position, the rotation axis of the pinion is substantially parallel with the rotation axis of the driven gear of the transmission and at least one of the gear teeth of the driven gear intermesh with at least one of the gear teeth of the pinion. 3. The system of claim 2: wherein the number of positions further includes an intermediate position between the first position and the second position, wherein in the intermediate position, the second wing does not bear against a top surface of the second guide and the second wing is proximal to but not captured by a latch; andwherein in the second position, the second wing is captured by a latch. 4. The system of claim 3, wherein the path between the intermediate position and the second position includes moving the second wing down toward the transmission to engage the latch while not substantially moving the first wing relative to the first guide. 5. The system of claim 3, wherein the latch is structured to form an interference fit with the second wing when the second wing is captured by the latch. 6. The system of claim 2, wherein the motor mount further includes a stop positioned to interfere with the first wing and/or the second wing to prevent over-rotation. 7. The system of claim 1, wherein the flange further comprises a pedestal spacing the pinion away from the flange, the pedestal having a side wall that bears against a side of the bore when the flange is received by the motor mount in the second position. 8. The system of claim 7, wherein the motor mount includes a collar surrounding at least part of the bore, the flange bearing against the collar when the flange is received by the motor mount in the second position. 9. A guide system for guiding a motion of a motor to bring a drive gear of the motor into engagement with a driven gear of an HVAC device, the drive gear and the driven gear each having gear teeth, the drive gear driven by the motor about a first rotation axis and the driven gear mounted to be rotatable about a second rotation axis, the guide system comprising: a guide for mechanically guiding the motor in a motion along a path, wherein in a first position along the path, the first rotation axis of the drive gear is not parallel with the second rotation axis of the driven gear and the gear teeth of the drive gear are not intermeshed with the gear teeth of the driven gear, and as the motor progresses to a second position along the path, the first rotation axis of the drive gear is brought substantially parallel with the second rotation axis of the driven gear and the gear teeth of the drive gear become intermeshed with the gear teeth of the driven gear. 10. The guide system of claim 9, wherein the guide includes one or more guide structures fixed relative to the driven gear, wherein the one or more guide structures cooperate with a housing of the motor to mechanically guide the motion of the motor along the path. 11. The system of claim 10 wherein the housing of the motor includes a flange proximal the drive gear, wherein the flange has a first wing and a second wing flanking the drive gear, the first wing and the second wing configured to cooperate with the one or more guide structures of the guide to help mechanically guide the motion of the motor along the path. 12. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more guide structures include: a motor plate, the driven gear being affixed adjacent a bottom side of the motor plate and the motor being mountable on a top side of the motor plate;a bore through the motor plate dimensioned to accommodate the drive gear of the motor;a first guide adjacent the bore on the top side of the motor plate, the first guide configured to guide the first wing;a latch adjacent the bore on the top side of the motor plate, the latch configured to capture the second wing; anda second guide generally concentric with respect to the bore, spaced above the top side of the motor plate, the second guide configured to guide the second wing to the latch. 13. The system of claim 12, wherein the first guide is generally concentric with respect to the bore and includes at least one surface against which the first wing bears, the at least one surface extending a substantially constant distance above the top side of the motor plate along at least part of its length. 14. The system of claim 13, wherein the second guide slopes down toward the top side of the motor plate along at least part of its length. 15. The system of claim 12, wherein the motion along the path is divided into at least two path segments, including: a first path segment where the flange is rotated substantially about the first rotation axis and the first guide guides the first wing of the motor flange and the second guide guides the second wing of the motor flange toward the latch, and wherein at the an end of the first path segment, the second wing of the motor flange is spaced further from the motor plate than the first wing; anda second path segment extending from the end of the first path segment where the first wing remains relatively stationary and the second wing is moved down toward the motor plate until the second wing is spaced substantially the same distance from the motor plate as the first wing and the latch forms an interference fit with the second wing thereby securing the motor relative to the motor plate. 16. The system of claim 9, wherein the guide is configured to mechanically guide the motor along the path during a manual assembly process of the HVAC device.
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