Patent ID: 9479022
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: H02K

Claim Text:
1. An overmolded stator for use in an electric motor, said stator comprising: a core, said core including a yoke and a plurality of arcuately spaced apart teeth, each of said teeth including a leg extending at least substantially radially from the yoke, each of said teeth including a head extending at least substantially circumferentially relative to the leg to present opposite circumferentially spaced apart head ends, each of said teeth presenting opposite axially spaced apart endmost surfaces, each of said head ends presenting a circumferentially outermost end face that extends between the endmost surfaces, each of said end faces being spaced from the leg and presenting radially innermost and outermost face ends, each adjacent pair of said heads being spaced apart by a generally arcuate slot opening defined between the adjacent end faces of the pair of heads; and an electrically insulative overmolding molded over at least a portion of the core, said overmolding defining a plurality of wire retention wings, wherein each of said wire retention wings projects at least substantially circumferentially outwardly from a respective one of the end faces between the face ends thereof, said wire retention wings extending at least substantially continuously between the endmost surfaces.