Patent ID: 8424187

Claim:
A method of terminating the stator windings of an electric motor, comprising the steps of: providing an intermediary connection piece generally configured in an inverted U-shape having a top part and opposing legs extending from opposite edges of said top part, the intermediary connection piece comprising: “n” individual pieces integrally formed with, and joined together by, “n−1” back parts, wherein n>1; a cable exit located on a top part of each of said “n” pieces and adjacent at least one of said “n−1” back parts; and “n−1” cuts through each of said opposing legs between said “n” pieces of the intermediary connection piece and adjacent said “n−1” back parts; connecting the windings of the stator to each of the cable exits of the intermediary connection piece; encapsulating the intermediary connection piece and the stator with resin; eliminating said “n−1” back parts thereby electrically isolating each cable exit; and connecting the cable exit of each individual piece to a cable.