Patent ID: 9647504
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H02K

Claim:
1. An interphase insulator made of an insulating material and configured and sized to enter the longitudinal slot of an electric machine and to electrically insulate a first and a second coil from one another, the first and second coils each including two longitudinal legs and two opposite heads interconnecting the longitudinal legs; the interphase insulator comprising: a longitudinal leg-insulating portion so configured and sized as to enter the longitudinal slot of the electric machine; and two head-insulating portions provided at opposite longitudinal ends of the leg-insulating portion; at least one head-insulating portion being provided with a first fold line defining a first foldable tab so configured and sized as to align the head-insulating portion with the head of the coil, a second fold line intersecting the first fold line and defining a second foldable tab, the first and second intersecting fold lines creating a three-zone head-insulating portion including the first and second foldable tabs and a triangular zone so configured as to cover the coil head.