Patent ID: 6882076

Claim:
A rotary electric machine stator, comprising: a stator core having a plurality of slots disposed in a circumferential direction thereof; a stator coil having coil ends at opposite ends of said stator core, said stator coil being formed of a plurality of U-shaped conductor segments each of which has a U-shaped turn portion disposed at one end of said stator core to form one of said coil ends, a pair of in-slot portion respectively extending from said turn portion and inserted into said slots and end portions respectively extending from said in-slot portions to form the other coil end, wherein: each of said end portions has a straight connection portion directly welded to another; a plurality of said in-slot portions are aligned in a radial direction; one of said end portions of one of said U-shaped conductor segments extends straight in an axial direction, and the other bends in a circumferential direction by a predetermined angle.