Patent ID: 7088026

Claim:
A stator of a rotary electric machine comprising a stator winding and a stator core having a plurality of slots in which portions of the stator winding are disposed, wherein said stator winding comprises: a plurality of series-connected regular segments having a pair of in-slot portions inserted into a regularly disposed pair of the slots and a turn portion; and a plurality of irregular segments having a pair of in-slot portions disposed in a pair of slots whose location is suitable to connect the regular segments to form said stator winding and a continuous crossover portion crossing over some of said regular segments, segments, wherein; the turn portions of said regular segments have portions extending along a center axis of said stator core between the top thereof and one end of the stator core; and said continuous crossover portion is substantially straight and extends to be in contact with the portions of said regular segments extending along the center axis so as to minimize a height and an outside diameter of said stator winding.