Patent ID: 7532097

Claim:
A slot motor housing comprising: a first insulative housing portion; a second insulative housing portion, wherein said first and second insulative housing portions are structured to interlock with one another to form a generally U-shaped insulative slot motor housing; wherein said first and second insulative housing portions are further structured to cooperatively receive a plurality of generally U-shaped slot motor laminations; and wherein each of said first and second insulative housing portions includes a first flange outer portion having a first end with a plurality of first steps, a second flange outer portion having a second end with a plurality of second steps, and a third inner portion intermediate said first and second flange outer portions; wherein the first end and the first steps of said first flange outer portion of said first insulative housing portion are structured to interlock with the second end and the second steps of said second flange outer portion of said second insulative housing portion; and wherein the first end and the first steps of said first flange outer portion of said second insulative housing portion are structured to interlock with the second end and the second steps of said second flange outer portion of said first insulative housing portion.