Patent ID: 6072259
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
A stator for an electric motor, comprising:a stator body formed of magnetic steel plates, each of said magnetic steel plates comprising teeth and grooves arranged in a comb-like pattern inside thereof, said magnetic steel plates being laminated so as to align said teeth and said grooves thereof;coils respectively inserted into slots formed by grooves continuously laminated in said stator core body; androunded edge forming members disposed on end surfaces in the laminated direction of said stator core body, each of said rounded edge forming members having an elongated surface substantially extending without a difference in level from the inner surface of each of said slots, a flat end surface, and a rounded edge surface with a predetermined curvature radius which smoothly joins said elongated surface with said flat end surface, and which is formed in a protruded pattern with respect to said slot.