Patent ID: 7327063

Claim:
A multiple-phase rotary electric machine comprising: a rotor rotatably driven; a stator having a stator iron core extending in an axial direction thereof, having slots formed therein in the axial direction, and being disposed to face the rotor and, phase by phase, a stator winding mounted through the slots of the stator iron core, the stator winding being formed to have a substantial rectangular section in a direction perpendicular to a length direction of the stator winding and composed of, phase by phase, a plurality of electric conductors made of, conductor by conductor, aluminum and copper, the electric conductors including a single copper-made electric conductor serving as a lead for each phase; and a rectifier to have copper-made terminals and to rectify an alternating current output from the stator winding, the single copper-made electric conductor for each phase being directly connected to each of the copper-made terminals and disposed outside the slot of the stator iron core.