Patent 11058914 was granted and assigned to ICON Health & Fitness (company) on July, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method for cooling a motor on a treadmill includes rotating a flywheel with a drive motor. A ring member coupled to the flywheel is be rotated with the flywheel. A pressure drop is generated in an annulus of the ring member between the drive motor and a lift motor. Intake air is drawn in a first direction across the lift motor toward the pressure drop.