Patent ID: 6617716
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
A rotary electric machine mounted on a vehicle, comprising:a stator including a stator core and an armature coil that is wound around the stator core and has a coil end protruding from the stator core in an axial direction; a rotor arranged opposite to the stator core; a housing supporting the stator and the rotor; and a stator coolant passage means provided radially inside of the housing and radially outside of the stator core, the stator coolant passage means having a damping member and a stator coolant tube defining a stator coolant passage for flowing coolant therethrough, the damping member having a pan disposed radially outside the stator coolant passage, wherein the damping member is constructed of a pair of plate-like damping members, and at least one of the plate-like damping members has a groove on a surface thereof for defining the stator coolant passage.