Patent ID: 11967872
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An electric machine stator, comprising:
a stator winding; and
a stator core including a plurality of annular stator laminations arranged in a stack, each stator lamination including a plurality of stator teeth with adjacent teeth defining tooth slots extending toward an inner periphery, and each stator tooth slot including:
a winding area configured to receive the stator winding; and
an opening area leading to the inner periphery and including a first side and a second side, wherein, the first side and the second side each have an inner and outer tooth top, the inner and outer tooth top of the first side and the inner and outer tooth top of the second side are respectively symmetrical with respect to a center line of the opening area, and the first side and the second side are asymmetric with respect to the center line.