Patent ID: 7049725

Claim:
A dynamoelectric machine stator core for receiving a stator winding, said stator core comprising: a core body defining a pair of axially opposed core end surfaces and a substantially cylindrical core main peripheral surface extending between said core end surfaces; a plurality of substantially axially extending stator slots circumferentially spaced in said core body, said stator slots defining intervening teeth projecting substantially radially towards said core main peripheral surface; each of said stator slots extending radially from a corresponding slot base to said core main peripheral surface; wherein each of said stator slots defines a slot first section extending radially from said slot base to a slot intermediate radial position located intermediate said slot base and said core main peripheral surface; a slot second section extending radially from substantially adjacent said slot intermediate radial position towards said core main peripheral surface; said slot first and second sections communicating with each other and being in a circumferentially offset relationship relative to each other, and being positioned, configured and sized to facilitate insertion therein of a corresponding conductor section of said stator winding with reduced needs for deforming said corresponding conductor section.