Patent ID: 6873082

Claim:
A stator assembly for an dynamoelectric machine, comprising: a generally cylindrically-shaped stator core having a plurality of circumferentially spaced axially-extending core slots in a surface thereof and each having a respective radial depth and a substantially constant circumferential width and a plurality of tooth members therebetween, said core slots extending between a first and a second end of said stator core; a plurality of insert members each fixedly received by a respective one of said core slots for lining each respective core slot and having a pair of leg members extending from a base member and forming an aperture therebetween, said insert members being formed from a magnetically permeable material; and a stator winding having substantially straight wire segments received by said insert members, said substantially straight segments of said stator winding and said insert members being electrically insulated from one another, wherein said at least one of said extending leg members is bent over a portion of said substantially straight wire segments in said core slots, narrowing said aperture between said extending leg members, an outer edge of each of said extending leg members extending to but not exceeding said radial depth of said core slots, and wherein said tooth members are undeformed after said extending leg members are bent over.