Patent ID: 6889420

Claim:
A method for making a stator for an electric machine comprising the steps of: forming a magnetic core with plurality of axially arranged slots, the axially arranged slots formed about a center axis of the magnetic core; positioning a plurality of conductive blades axially about the center axis of the magnetic core, each conductive blade therefore being disposed within a respective one of the slots formed in the magnetic core the conductive blades formed of a rigid conductive material; disposing a common planar interconnect structure at one end of the conductive blades, and brazing the common planar interconnect structure to the plurality of conductive blades to provide electrical interconnections for current flow through the blades in a desired number of turns and phases, and thereby supporting the conductive blades within their respective slots without mechanically contacting the core, such that an electromagnetic field generated by current flow through the blades operates of the electric machine.