Patent ID: 9246362
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H02K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A stator for an electrical motor comprising: a first plurality of laminations, each lamination having a first outer perimeter with at least two flanges, each of the flanges in the at least two flanges in each lamination of the first plurality of laminations are adjacent to a cutout in the first outer perimeter of each lamination and each flange in the at least two flanges of each lamination having a mounting hole, the cutout being positioned outside of a yoke diameter of the laminations in the first plurality of laminations and a portion of each flange being within the yoke diameter of the laminations; and a second plurality of laminations having a second outer perimeter that is different in shape than the first outer perimeter, the second outer perimeter of the laminations in the second plurality of laminations lacking the flanges having the mounting holes of the laminations in the first plurality of laminations and the portions of the flanges in the first plurality of flanges that are within the yoke diameter of the laminations in the first plurality of laminations to enable a portion of an endplate to pass the second plurality of laminations, contact a face of the first plurality of laminations, and enable a fastener to pass through the endplate and into the mounting holes in the flanges of the laminations in the first plurality of laminations.