Patent ID: 8362672

Claim:
An electric machine, comprising: a stator body having a stator ring of generally annular shape and a plurality of stator teeth projecting radially inward from the stator ring; a machine housing; a first bolt; a first bolt hole defined in one of the stator ring and the machine housing, and a first receptacle defined in the other of the stator ring and the machine housing and coaxial with the first bolt hole, wherein the first receptacle is narrower than the first bolt hole and the first receptacle receives a threaded portion of the first bolt; a second bolt, substantially identical to the first bolt; a second bolt hole defined in one of the stator ring and the machine housing, and a second receptacle defined in the other of the stator ring and the machine housing and coaxial with the second bolt hole, wherein the second receptacle is narrower than the second bolt hole and the second receptacle receives a threaded portion of the second bolt; a first counter bore coaxial with the first receptacle and coincident with the first bolt hole; and a first hollow dowel mated to the first counter bore and the first bolt hole, wherein the first hollow dowel defines a first dowel hole coaxial with the first counter bore and the first bolt hole, such that the first bolt passes entirely through the first hollow dowel and mates to the first receptacle.