Patent ID: 7025577

Claim:
An electrically powered compressor of enclosed configuration, comprising: a casing enclosing an internal space, with at least one refrigerant intake aperture formed in said casing for intake of an externally supplied refrigerant into said internal space, and a refrigerant outlet aperture for outputting said refrigerant to the exterior of said casing; an electric motor disposed within said casing, having a stator formed of a stator core that is fixedly attached to said casing, a stator coil formed on the stator core, a rotor which is mounted for rotation with respect to said stator, and a drive shaft which is fixedly attached to said rotor; and a compressor section disposed within said casing, driven by said electric motor for compressing said refrigerant which has entered said internal space from said refrigerant intake aperture and for impelling said refrigerant through said refrigerant outlet aperture in a compressed condition, wherein said stator coil is a segment-configuration coil formed of a plurality of coil segments each formed of an electrical conductor that is of substantially rectangular shape in cross-section, with said coil segments being mutually electrically connected in a predetermined arrangement, and said refrigerant intake aperture(s) is located such as to blow said refrigerant through at least one of a pair of axially opposed coil end portions of said stator coil.