Patent ID: 7042129
Filing Date: 2006-05-09
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
1. A stator for an electric machine, comprising: a generally cylindrically-shaped stator core having a plurality of circumferentially spaced and axially-extending core slots in a surface thereof, said core slots extending between a first and a second end of said stator core; a stator winding having a plurality of phases, each of said phases including at least one conductor having a plurality of slot segments housed in said core slots, said slot segments alternately connected at said first and second ends of said stator core by a plurality of end loop segments, at least one of said end loop segments connecting a first of said slot segments housed in a radial position of one of said core slots with a second of said slot segments housed in the same radial position of another one of said core slots; and an insulator housed in between said core slot a said slot segments within each core slot, said insulator being secured to sides of said core slot prior to insertion of said slot segments into said core slots.