Patent ID: 9263918
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: F04D,H02K

Claim Text:
1. A stator for use in a motor, said stator comprising: a core, said core including a pair of spaced apart arms that define an opening and a removable yoke that spans the opening; wiring wound around at least one of the arms; and a resiliently flexible clip removably retained on the core, said clip being resiliently flexed when retained on the core so as to apply pressure against each arm toward the yoke such that the arms are retained in contact with the yoke, each of said arms cooperating with the yoke to define an interface along which the arm and the yoke are configured to engage one another, said interface including a plurality of sections that are angularly offset relative to one another so as to define a plurality of steps, said sections being orthogonally oriented relative to one another, each of said arms including a pair of offset, generally parallel shelves and a pair of offset, generally parallel walls extending generally orthogonally relative to the shelves, said yoke including a pair of inwardly extending yoke projections and a pair of outwardly extending yoke projections extending generally orthogonally relative to the inwardly extending yoke projections, each of said inwardly extending and outwardly extending yoke projections presenting a complemental shelf-engaging surface for engaging a corresponding one of the shelves, each of said inwardly extending and outwardly extending yoke projections presenting a complemental wall-engaging surface extending generally orthogonally relative to the shelf-engaging surfaces for engaging a corresponding one of the walls, said shelves, said shelf-engaging surfaces, said walls, and said wall-engaging surfaces cooperatively defining the interface.