Patent ID: 7030540

Claim:
A compressor comprising: a casing; a compressing mechanism disposed in said casing and configured to discharge gas into said casing; and an electric motor disposed in said casing including a stator core having a plurality of layered steel thin plates, a plurality of tooth portions disposed on said stator core, and a coil wound on each of said tooth portions of said stator core, said coil being wound with concentrated winding, said thin plates being adhered to each other at an outer-peripheral edge portion of said stator core and an inner-peripheral edge portion of said stator core by an insulating adhesive, and said thin plates being calked, said thin plates forming a plurality of gaps between said thin plates, said gaps having inner and outer portions adjacent said inner-peripheral edge portion and said outer-peripheral edge portion, respectively, and said inner and outer portions of said gaps having said insulating adhesive therein.