Patent ID: 7093344

Claim:
A slack forming mechanism for an annular stator stack including a plurality of magnetic teeth on an inside wall, stator coils that wind around the plurality of magnetic teeth and having terminal parts, a connector provided with attachment pins to which the terminal parts of each of the stator coils are coupled, and two projecting parts that extend substantially in parallel from an outer periphery of the stator stack and that hold the connector arranged between them such that a clearance is formed between the connector and the stator stack, the slack forming mechanism comprising an attachment jig for coupling the stator stack to a coiling machine and including a protruding member extending through the clearance and having a top edge that projects above the clearance, wherein slack is formed in a stator coil by having the stator coil traverse the clearance and contact the protruding member to upwardly deflect the stator coil to form the slack.