Patent ID: 9712002
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H02K

Claim:
1. A stator for an electric motor, said stator comprising: a yoke; a star disposed in said yoke, wherein said star comprises a plurality of arms; wherein said star receives a rotor therein; wherein said star has at least one wire coiled around a portion of each arm of said plurality of arms of said star; wherein each said arm of said star comprises a respective outer engaging portion, with each outer engaging portion comprising an outer leading edge that extends laterally from said respective outer engaging portion, and wherein each outer engaging portion further comprises a first indentation; wherein said yoke comprises a plurality of ports at an inner surface of said yoke, and wherein each port of said plurality of ports comprises a sidewall, and wherein each port of said plurality of ports further comprises a second indentation; wherein said yoke and said star are configured such that said star, is rotatable in said yoke between an unlocked position and a locked position; wherein, when said star is in said unlocked position with respect to said yoke, said star is rotatable relative to said yoke to said locked position, and wherein said locked position comprises said star retained at said yoke via an interference fit, such that said outer leading edges of respective outer engaging portions of said star contact corresponding sidewalls of said ports of said yoke, and further such that said first indentations of said outer engaging portions align with a respective second indentation of a respective port.