Patent ID: 7622842
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
1. A rotary electric machine comprising: a rotor rotatably supported in a frame of the machine; and a stator disposed opposite to the rotor, the stator comprising: a stator core having axially opposing end surfaces and a plurality of substantially circumferentially spaced slots; and a stator coil, the stator coil comprising: a first group of first and second sets of three-phase windings mounted in the stator core, the first set including first three-phase windings each with output ends, the output ends of the first three-phase windings being connected in series to each other to form delta configuration with junctions between the first three-phase windings, the second set including second three-phase windings having output and input ends, the input ends being respectively connected in series to the junctions of the first three-phase windings, and a second group of third and fourth sets of three-phase windings mounted in the stator core, the third set including third three-phase windings each with output ends, the output ends of the third three-phase windings being connected in series to each other to form delta configuration with junctions between the third three-phase windings, the fourth set including fourth three-phase windings having output and input ends, the input ends being respectively connected in series to the junctions of the third three-phase windings, the output ends of the first to fourth three-phase windings and the input ends of the second and fourth windings being disposed at one of the opposing end surface sides of the stator core, the output ends of the first and second three-phase windings of the first and second sets included in the first group being separated, in a circumferential direction of the stator core, from the output ends of the third and fourth three-phase windings of the third and fourth sets included in the second group, each of the first to fourth three-phase windings being inserted in the slots while being turned at the one of the first and second opposing end surface sides of the stator core, wherein turn portions of each of the first to fourth three-phase windings at the one of the first and second opposing end surface sides of the stator core have a substantially U shape, and are so disposed as to be nonoverlapped with each other in an axial direction of the stator core.