Patent ID: 6528910
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
A vehicle rotary electric machine, comprising:a rotor including a pole core which has a plurality of claw-shaped pole pieces forming a cooling fan; a second cooling fan fixed to an end of said rotor; a stator disposed to be coupled with said rotor and including a stator core which has a plurality of slots and a stator winding, said stator winding including a plurality of in-slot portions disposed in said plurality of slots and a plurality of outside portions extending from said slots and forming a plurality of coil-ends at an axial end of said stator core; a frame for supporting said rotor and said stator, said frame having a plurality of openings at an outer periphery thereof, wherein a coil-end-gap is formed along said axial end of said stator core between said outside portions extending from a pair of adjacent slots; and a wall member is disposed between said frame and said coil ends, said wall member is partly cylindrical to enclose said plurality of coil ends.