Patent ID: 7538467

Claim:
An assembly for use as a rotor or a stator in an electrical machine, the assembly comprising a top section having a generally cylindrical center portion having a central radial axis, a plurality of winding supports extending radially outward from the center portion, and a top section core segment at a radial edge of each winding support, the top section core segment having a generally convex outer surface, along the radial central axis of the top section, a bottom section having a generally cylindrical center portion having a central axis, a plurality of winding supports extending radially outward from the center portion, and a bottom section core segment at a radial edge of each winding support, the bottom section core segment having a generally convex outer surface along the radial central axis of the bottom section, the top section and bottom section fitted together such that the top section core segment and the bottom section core segment combine in an adjacent manner to form a skewed core segment.