Patent ID: 8122589

Claim:
A method of manufacturing an electric motor, comprising: providing a stator by fixing a stator winding on a stator core, wherein the stator winding has a coil end projecting from an end face of the stator core; drawing out a lead wire from the coil end radially outward thereof; fixedly mounting a connecting terminal to a distal end of the lead wire; providing a terminal block such that the terminal block is held at a position to be finally fixed relative to the stator; holding the terminal block relative to the stator by a retainer; bending the lead wire toward the terminal block; electrically connecting the connecting terminal to the terminal block; and coating an insulator on the lead wire and the coil end by impregnating the lead wire and the coil end with liquid insulating material; and removing the retainer after the step of coating the insulator.