Patent ID: 9190888
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H02K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for positioning a sensor in association with an end of a dynamoelectric machine comprising a stator assembly and a rotor, the dynamoelectric machine including a lead frame attached at the end of a stator core for the stator assembly and defining an inner side facing toward the stator core and an oppositely facing outer side, the method comprising: providing a sensor supported at the end of the dynamoelectric machine by a deformable structure having a first end connected adjacent to the lead frame and a second end connected to the sensor; positioning the sensor at a first position with the second end of the deformable structure supporting the sensor spaced from an outwardly facing surface defined on the outer side of the lead frame, the first position being spaced from a second, sensing position for the sensor; and moving a cover member to an attachment location in engagement with the outer side of the lead frame, wherein at least a final portion of the movement of the cover member to engage with the outer side includes positioning an engagement surface of the cover member into engagement with the sensor and causing the sensor to move closer to the outwardly facing surface of the lead frame to a location defining the second, sensing position.