Patent ID: 6369474
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
An alternating current generator for a vehicle, comprising:a stator including a stator core and a polyphase stator coil having a lead conductor wound and inserted into said stator core, a rotor in which rotor cores for forming magnetic poles are fixed in a rotating shaft, a front bracket and a rear bracket for holding said stator and rotatably supporting said rotor, and a commutator which is mounted in said rear bracket and to which a metal terminal bonded to said lead conductor of said stator coil is connected, wherein said lead conductor and said metal terminal are bonded together by caulking with bonding pieces provided in said metal terminal embracing an end portion of said lead conductor from opposite sides and welding said bonding pieces of said metal terminal at a spacing gap between said bonding pieces, said bonding pieces of said metal terminal form a notch at an end portion of the spacing gap between said bonding pieces, and said bonding pieces of said metal terminal are welded at the spacing gap between said bonding pieces in the vicinity of the notch.