A routing structure of a conductive wire includes: a body portion; a guide portion fixed to the body portion and including a protruding portion protruding to an outside of the body portion; a conductive wire hooked on the protruding portion of the guide portion; and a first insulating portion disposed between the body portion and the guide portion and insulating the body portion and the guide portion.

A stator core assembly for an axial flux electric motor for an automobile includes a cylindrical outer case that defines a central axis, first and second disk shaped insulate frames axially spaced from one another and positioned within the outer case, each of the first and second insulate frames including a circular outer ring, a circular inner ring and a plurality of radial spokes extending between the outer ring and the inner ring and spaced circumferentially about the central axis, and a plurality of segmented core sections extending axially between the first and second insulate frames spaced circumferentially around and supported by the first and second insulate frames, wherein, a radial spoke is positioned between each adjacent pair of segmented core sections, and at least one radial spoke extends across each axial end of each one of the plurality of segmented core sections.

A stator core assembly for an axial flux electric motor for an automobile includes a cylindrical outer case that defines a central axis, first and second disk shaped insulate frames axially spaced from one another and positioned within the outer case, each of the first and second insulate frames including a circular outer ring, a circular inner ring and a plurality of radial spokes extending between the outer ring and the inner ring and spaced circumferentially about the central axis, and a plurality of segmented core sections extending axially between the first and second insulate frames spaced circumferentially around and supported by the first and second insulate frames, wherein, a radial spoke is positioned between each adjacent pair of segmented core sections, and at least one radial spoke extends across each axial end of each one of the plurality of segmented core sections.

A motor stator includes a ring-shaped core defining a rotor accommodation space, a plurality of slots, a first hairpin conductor, a second hairpin conductor, and a temperature sensor. The slots are disposed in the core and arranged to surround the rotor accommodation space circumferentially. The slots extend radially from the rotor accommodation space. The core includes an insertion side and an extension side. The slots include a temperature sensor accommodation slot which, at the insertion side, has a radial length greater than a radial length of any other one of the slots. The first hairpin conductor is disposed in the temperature sensor accommodation slot distal to the rotor accommodation space. The second hairpin conductor is disposed in the temperature sensor accommodation slot, and the temperature sensor is disposed between the first and second hairpin conductors.

A set of interchangeably pairable end caps is provided for electrically insulating a variety of stator cores having differing axial stack heights. Each pair of end caps cooperatively defines a generally radially projecting, generally axially extending wire barrier including axially opposed ends. Each of the ends forms a respective rounded winding ramp configured to smoothly guide wiring into a wire trough in part defined by the wire barrier.

A rotary electric machine armature that includes a cylindrical armature core and a coil wound around the armature core, wherein: the coil is formed by joining a plurality of segment conductors to each other; the segment conductors have respective conductor side portions that extend along the axial direction; the conductor side portions are provided with respective joint portions; the joint portions have respective facing surfaces; the joint portions of a pair of the segment conductors are joined to each other with the facing surfaces of the joint portions facing each other; and a facing surface of the facing surfaces is formed so as to have a portion that faces a radial direction and so as not to have portions that overlap each other as viewed in the radial direction over the entire facing surface.

A stator assembly of a hairpin winding motor capable of improving the performance of the winding motor and the insulation performance of a hairpin coil, and includes a stator core through which a plurality of slots pass in a circumferential direction; and a plurality of hairpin coils respectively fastened to and interconnected with the slots to form a coil winding. The hairpin coil includes a head portion bent in a U shape and exposed to the outside of the stator core, and a pair of leg portions configured to extend in parallel from both ends of the head portion to be inserted into a specific slot and the slot spaced apart from the specific slot by one pole pitch and of which end portions are exposed to the outside of the stator core.

An aligning apparatus, which is provided for aligning coil segments to form an aligned coil, includes a cylindrical jig and a hook jig. The cylindrical jig has an outer cylinder to surround a radially outer periphery of the aligned coil and an inner cylinder to be surrounded by a radially inner periphery of the aligned coil. The hook jig has hooks arranged in a radial fashion and is rotatable relative to the cylindrical jig in a radial direction. The cylindrical jig further has an inner entrance provided in the inner cylinder, an outer entrance provided in the outer cylinder, and at least one of an inner guide wall extending from a front opening edge of the inner entrance radially inward and backward in the rotational direction and an outer guide wall extending from a front opening edge of the outer entrance radially outward and backward in the rotational direction.

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.

A stator assembly for use with a brushless geared motor assembly, including: a stack of several steel laminations, each of the steel laminations include several teeth extending inwardly from a yoke portion of each of the steel laminations, wherein an inner shape and an outer shape of each yoke portion have the same polygon shape for both the inner shape and outer shape of the yoke portion.