Patent ID: 8704412
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
1. A rotary electric machine comprising: a stator including: a rotor including a rotor shaft, the rotor being arranged in a rotatable manner with an air gap provided between the rotor and the stator, and the rotor including: covers arranged on both sides of the stator in an axial direction and bearing holding members attached to the covers to respectively hold the metal bearings; wherein a step angle for the rotor is approximately 4.09; the bearing holding members are made of molded resin material and each includes: an outer circumferential surface of the fitted portion, an outer circumferential surface of the spigot portion, and the bearing support surface are concentric or substantially concentric with one another; and the bearing holding members are substantially symmetrically arranged on both axial sides of the stator core.