Patent ID: 8063523

Claim:
A stator for rotary electric machine, comprising: a stator core including an annular yoke and a plurality of magnetic pole portions disposed at an inner peripheral portion of the annular yoke at intervals in a circumferential direction of the annular yoke and projecting toward a centerline of the annular yoke, the magnetic pole portions each including a pole column and a magnetic pole piece having a magnetic surface, the pole column having one end integrally formed with the annular yoke and the other end on which the magnetic pole piece is integrally disposed; a plurality of winding portions formed of winding conductors wound around the plurality of magnetic pole portions of the stator core; a slot insulator formed of an insulating resin, attached to the stator core for electrically insulating the stator core from the winding portions, and including at one end portion thereof connecting wire hooks capable of engaging with connecting wires formed of a part of the winding conductor extending from each of the winding portions, wherein the one end portion of the slot insulator is located in one direction where the centerline of the annular yoke extends, and each of the connecting wire hooks is integrally formed with the one end portion of the slot insulator such that the connecting wire hook may be located at least partially within a first extended space that is defined by extending in the one direction a slot space where the winding portion is located, and such that, assuming that a second extended space is defined by extending toward the yoke a slot opening space formed between adjacent two of the magnetic pole pieces covered with the slot insulator and a third extended space is defined by extending the second extended space in the one direction, the connecting wire hook may not be located within the third extended space; wherein two of the connecting wire hooks are disposed in pairs in the first extended space to sandwich the third extended space therebetween; wherein each of the winding portions is formed of the winding conductor which is led out from a leading end of a nozzle and wound around the pole column covered with the slot insulator; wherein a nozzle receiving groove, along which the leading end of the nozzle passes, is formed in a wall portion of the slot insulator that covers the inner peripheral portion of the annular yoke in an area across the second extended space so as to be opened toward the slot space and also toward the one direction and a direction opposite to the one direction; wherein the two of the connecting wire hooks are located to sandwich the third extended space on both sides of the nozzle receiving groove such that the leading end of the nozzle passes between the two of the connecting wire hooks; and wherein a bottom of each nozzle receiving groove is located more radially outward than bases of the connecting wire hooks.