Patent ID: 6922001

Claim:
A stator assembly for an dynamoelectric machine, comprising: a generally cylindrically-shaped stator core having a plurality of circumferentially spaced axially-extending core slots in a surface thereof and each having a respective radial depth and a plurality of tooth members therebetween, said core slots extending between a first and a second end of said stator core; a plurality of clips, each shaped to closely fit into one of said core slots for lining each respective core slot and having a pair of leg members extending from a back end and forming an aperture therebetween, said clips being formed from a magnetically permeable material; and a stator winding having substantially straight wire segments received by said clips and said substantially straight wire segments of said stator winding and said clips being electrically insulated from one another; wherein at least one of said extending leg members is bent over a portion of said substantially straight wire segments in said clips, narrowing said aperture between said extending leg members; wherein a plurality of slits are made along the front ends of the clips.