Patent ID: 7196443

Claim:
A rotary electric machine comprising: a stator including a stator core having a plurality of teeth and stator coils mounted on the teeth, each said stator coil including a bobbin that is fitted to one of the teeth and a phase coil wound around the bobbin, each said bobbin including a pair of bobbin terminals respectively connected to opposite ends of the phase coil; and a stator housing for accommodating said stator at one side thereof, said stator housing including an insert mold and a plurality of stator terminals extending straight toward said stator from the insert mold, each said stator terminal having a first contact portion; wherein each said bobbin terminal has a second contact portion; wherein each said bobbin has a pair of terminal grooves formed at one end thereof, each to receive and guide a said stator terminal to near the second contact portion of the respective bobbin terminal; and wherein, when said stator is assembled to said stator housing, said stator terminals extend along the respective terminal grooves to automatically pass the respective first contact portions to near the respective second contact portions.