Patent ID: 8648507

Claim:
An electric machine comprising: a housing including an outer surface and an inner surface that defines an interior portion, the housing including a connection zone having a first end portion that extends from the outer surface to a second end portion that is exposed to the interior portion, the connection zone including a connection passage; and a stator assembly arranged within the interior portion of the housing, the stator assembly including at least one connector lead, and a terminal block extending through the connection passage, the terminal block comprising: a non-electrically conductive member having a first end that extends to a second end through an intermediate portion, the intermediate portion including at least one seal land that is configured and disposed to receive a seal member that provides a seal between the non-electrically conductive member and the connection passage; and at least one electrically conductive member covered by the non-electrically conductive member, the at least one electrically conductive member including a first end section interior to the housing that extends to a second end section exterior to the housing through an intermediate section, the second end section being angled relative to at least a portion of the intermediate section, the first end section having a first connection zone that is electrically coupled to the at least one connector lead and the second end section having a second connection zone, the second connection zone being at an angle relative to the first connection zone.