Patent ID: 8384258

Claim:
A stator for an electric rotating machine, the stator comprising: a hollow cylindrical stator core having a plurality of slots that are formed in a radially inner surface of the stator core and spaced in a circumferential direction of the stator core; and a stator coil mounted on the stator core, the stator coil being formed of a plurality of electric wires each of which is comprised of an electric conductor having a substantially rectangular cross section and an insulating coat that covers an outer surface of the electric conductor, characterized in that the electric wires forming the stator coil comprise a pair of first and second electric wires that are joined together, each of the first and second electric wires has an end portion of a predetermined length where the electric conductor is not covered by the insulating coat, each of the end portions of the first and second electric wires includes a joined part at a distal end thereof, the joined parts of the end portions of the first and second electric wires are joined together, at least one of the first and second electric wires has a bent part that is bent only once and adjoins the joined part of the end portion of the at least one of the first and second electric wires, and the end portion of the at least one of the first and second electric wires where no insulating coat covers the electrical conductor includes at least part of the bent part.