Patent ID: 8659201

Claim:
A stator for an electric rotating machine, the stator comprising: a hollow cylindrical stator core having a plurality of slots that are formed in a radially inner surface of the stator core and spaced in a circumferential direction of the stator core; and a stator coil that is formed by joining a plurality of electric wires mounted on the stator core, wherein for each joined pair of the electric wires, one of the electric wires has an end portion led out from a radially inner periphery of one of the slots of the stator core while the other electric wire has an end portion led out from a radially outer periphery of another one of the slots of the stator core, the end portions being welded together to form a weld therebetween, and a predetermined number of the welds formed between the end portions of the joined pairs of the electric wires are located on a radially inner periphery of the stator coil while a remaining number of welds are located on a radially outer periphery of the stator coil.