This armature has a core leg portion fixing member that is provided in a slot so as to overlap with a part at a position different from a position in an axial direction corresponding to a joint portion, and that includes a first fixing layer for fixing an armature core and a leg portion.

A liquid-cooled rotating electric machine may include an inner stator and outer rotor configured to rotate about the stator. A hub may be disposed within the inner stator and a heat exchanger may be disposed in the hub. The heat exchanger may be configured to enable the flow a liquid through it to dissipate heat from the stator.

An electric motor for reciprocating an object along a rod having a predetermined length is provided, comprising: a housing; a rotor unit that is mounted to the inside of the housing via a bearing to be rotatable and comprises a rotor shaft, which is axially-coupled to the rod to linearly reciprocate along the rod during rotation, and a plurality of magnets mounted along the circumference direction of the rotor shaft; and a stator unit comprising at least one stator core and a coil, the at least one stator core comprising a yoke portion of a closed loop shape that is built in the housing so as to surround the circumference of the rotor unit, and a plurality of slot portions extending from the yoke portion toward the rotor, and the coil being wound around at least one slot portion among the plurality of slot portions.

A stator structure of a vehicle motor includes a stator core assembly and a plurality of coil assemblies composed of flat wires. The stator core assembly includes an annular portion and a plurality of tooth portions. The tooth portions extend from the annular portion in a radial direction toward a center of the stator core assembly. Each coil assembly is configured around a corresponding tooth portion. Each coil assembly includes a first flat wire and a plurality of second flat wires that are electrically connected in parallel. The first flat wire is radially stacked and wound around the corresponding tooth portion. The second flat wires are arranged radially adjacent to the first flat wire and are electrically connected in series to the first flat wire. The second flat wires are alternately stacked and radially wound around the corresponding tooth portion.

A stator assembly for an electric machine includes stator teeth connected to a stator yoke to form a stator core. Adjacent teeth define a stator slot. Stator windings are disposed within the slot. A molding material fills the slot around the windings, providing a desired thermoelectrical performance level at different slot regions, including electrical insulation, thermal conductivity, and/or electrostatic shielding levels. A method insulates the stator assembly by inserting a molding tool(s) into the slot to define a void volume, filling the void volume with the dielectric molding material, and curing the dielectric molding material to form a slot liner layer adjacent to the tooth walls. A slot opening between adjacent teeth is filled with an electrically-conductive resin to form an electrostatic shielding layer. An electrical system includes an AC voltage bus connected to a power inverter module and to the electric machine having the above-described stator assembly.

A motor includes a stator to which a substrate can be stably secured without increasing the size of the substrate. An air-conditioning apparatus includes the motor. At an end portion of the stator in the axial direction thereof, a substrate on which electronic components are mounted is provided. The stator includes: a stator core formed by stacking electromagnetic steel sheets, and including a plurality of teeth; insulators provided on the stator core; and a wire wound around the teeth, the teeth being coated with the insulators. The insulators have outer walls provided on respective core backs of the stator core. In a linearly developed state of the stator, where of the teeth, an outermost tooth is a first tooth, a tooth adjacent to the first tooth is a second tooth, another tooth adjacent to the second tooth is a third tooth, another tooth adjacent to the third tooth is a fourth tooth, and another tooth adjacent to the fourth tooth is a fifth tooth, the outer walls of the first, third and fifth teeth include respective substrate attachment pins for use in attachment of the substrate, and the outer walls of the first tooth include respective power terminals for use in supplying power to the wire.

A rotary electric machine includes a stator extending along an axis and having teeth arranged about the axis. The teeth are circumferentially spaced apart by slots. Winding coils extend around the teeth and through the slots. The winding coils are electrically connected to one another to form phases. At least one of the winding coils has a first portion extending through first and second slots of the slots and including first end turns extending between the first and second slots over an axial end surface of the teeth. A second portion extends through the first and second slots and includes second end turns extending between the first and second slots over the axial end surface of the teeth. The first and second portions are connected in series at a third end turn spaced closer to the axial end surface than either the first or second end turns.

An electric motor may comprise a rotor and a stator. One or more first cables connected to a first power converter circuit of are wrapped adjacent to at least some stator teeth of a stator core to form at least a first portion of one or more coil windings. One or more second cables connected to a second power converter circuit of the plurality of power converter circuit also may be wrapped adjacent to at least some of the stator teeth to form at least a second portion of the one or more coil windings.

A slot includes a coil housing portion having first and second side portions and a bottom portion. A first straight line connects first and second points which are boundaries between the bottom portion and the side portions. A slot opening has third and fourth points closest to the first and second side portions. A second straight line connects the first and third points. A third straight line connects the second and fourth points. A first region is surrounded by the first straight line and the bottom portion. A second region is surrounded by the second straight line and the first side portion, and is surrounded by the third straight line and the second side portion. A third region is surrounded by the three straight lines. Areas A1, A2 and A3 of the three regions and total cross-sectional areas S1, S2, S3 of coils therein satisfy (S1/A1)>(S2/A2)>(S3/A3).

This stator manufacturing method includes a step in which one of a skew-forming mechanism portion and a skew-forming jig presses, with the skew-forming jig, the skew-forming mechanism portion having a shape corresponding to the shape of a skew, to form a skew having a bent shape or a curved shape.