Each pair of coils mutually connected in a stator winding is arranged in a fashion that a first coil of each pair of coils has an inner-circumferential-side coil terminal (212) led out from an inner-circumferential-side slot position in the direction of a coil end (220) of the stator winding, and that a second coil of each pair of coils has an outer-circumferential-side coil terminal (211) led out from an outer-circumferential-side slot position in the direction of the coil end (220) of the stator winding for connection to the inner-circumferential-side coil terminal (212), wherein there is provided a coil terminal connection structure in which the inner-circumferential-side coil terminal (212) is connected to the outer-circumferential-side coil terminal (211) across the coil end (220), and joint parts (211a, 212a) thereof are bent close to the coil end (220).

A stator for a rotating electric machine includes a laminate stack having a plurality of slots open towards an air gap between the stator and a rotor of the electric machine. A winding includes coils which have turns that pass through the slots of the laminate stack. The turns of the coils are electrically insulated the within the slots from each other and from the laminate stack by a ceramic material.

A rotating electric machine includes a weld formed by welding end portions of a pair of electric conductors for forming a coil and a weld-insulating member that covers, at least, a surface of the weld. The weld has an uneven portion formed on at least part of the surface thereof. The uneven portion is constituted of a plurality of annular recesses and a plurality of annular protrusions. The annular recesses are formed alternately and continuously with the annular protrusions.

A stator includes an annular stator core having a plurality of slots arranged in the circumferential direction at predetermined intervals and a stator coil formed of a plurality of electric conductor wires mounted on the stator core. Each of the electric conductor wires has a plurality of in-slot portions received in the slots of the stator core and a plurality of turn portions that connect, on the outside of the slots, adjacent pairs of the in-slot portions. The stator coil has first and second coil end parts and that respectively protrude axially outward from a pair of axial end faces of the stator core. At each of the coil end parts, the turn portions of the electric conductor wires are stacked in a radial direction of the stator core, and the axial heights h1 of the turn portions are set so as to gradually increase from the radially inside to the radially outside.

Each pair of coils mutually connected in a stator winding is arranged in a fashion that a first coil of each pair of coils has an inner-circumferential-side coil terminal (212) led out from an inner-circumferential-side slot position in the direction of a coil end (220) of the stator winding, and that a second coil of each pair of coils has an outer-circumferential-side coil terminal (211) led out from an outer-circumferential-side slot position in the direction of the coil end (220) of the stator winding for connection to the inner-circumferential-side coil terminal (212), wherein there is provided a coil terminal connection structure in which the inner-circumferential-side coil terminal (212) is connected to the outer-circumferential-side coil terminal (211) across the coil end (220), and joint parts (211a, 212a) thereof are bent close to the coil end (220).

A method is provided for producing a winding (1) for an electric machine (10). The winding (1) has conductor elements (2) and two conductor ends (3) of different conductor elements (2) are bonded electrically with one another at a bonding point (4). The method includes arranging at least one material reservoir (5) on the conductor ends (3) to be bonded prior to generating the bonding point (4). The method then includes generating the bonding point (4) by joining the conductor ends (3). The method continues by melting the material reservoir (5) and distributing the molten material reservoir (5) at least over the bonding point (4). Thus, an insulating structure (15) is provided after cooling the distributed material of the material reservoir (5). The insulating structure (15) insulates the conductor ends (3) against their surroundings at least at the bonding point (4).

A method is provided for producing a winding (1) for an electric machine (10). The winding (1) has conductor elements (2) and two conductor ends (3) of different conductor elements (2) are bonded electrically with one another at a bonding point (4). The method includes arranging at least one material reservoir (5) on the conductor ends (3) to be bonded prior to generating the bonding point (4). The method then includes generating the bonding point (4) by joining the conductor ends (3). The method continues by melting the material reservoir (5) and distributing the molten material reservoir (5) at least over the bonding point (4). Thus, an insulating structure (15) is provided after cooling the distributed material of the material reservoir (5). The insulating structure (15) insulates the conductor ends (3) against their surroundings at least at the bonding point (4).

An object of the present invention is to suppress variations in an angle of a shoulder part of a segment coil to improve easiness in inserting segment coils in a stator core. A stator of an electric motor according to the present invention includes a stator core 12 in which a plurality of slots 12a are formed, and a plurality of segment coils 11 of U shapes inserted respectively in the plurality of slots 12a. The segment coil 11 includes a shoulder part 11a and a shoulder part 11b that are bent to form a U shape. In a front view of the U shape, a press mark 100a is formed on the shoulder part 11a and on the shoulder part 11b, the press mark being a dent sinking in a front-to-rear direction, from a front surface of the shoulder part 11a and from a front surface of the shoulder part 11b. The press mark 100a is formed also on a back surface of the shoulder part 11a and on a back surface of the shoulder part 11b.

An object of the present invention is to suppress variations in an angle of a shoulder part of a segment coil to improve easiness in inserting segment coils in a stator core. A stator of an electric motor according to the present invention includes a stator core 12 in which a plurality of slots 12a are formed, and a plurality of segment coils 11 of U shapes inserted respectively in the plurality of slots 12a. The segment coil 11 includes a shoulder part 11a and a shoulder part 11b that are bent to form a U shape. In a front view of the U shape, a press mark 100a is formed on the shoulder part 11a and on the shoulder part 11b, the press mark being a dent sinking in a front-to-rear direction, from a front surface of the shoulder part 11a and from a front surface of the shoulder part 11b. The press mark 100a is formed also on a back surface of the shoulder part 11a and on a back surface of the shoulder part 11b.

The invention relates to a method for producing a coil winding (70) for insertion into radially open slots (82) in a rotor or stator (80) of an electrical machine, wherein the coil winding (70) has a wire pack (60) consisting of a number of wires (32), wherein the wires (32) of the wire pack (60) run parallel to one another and are connected to one another in pairs at one end of the wire pack (60), and wherein the coil winding (70) is formed by a flat winding former which can be rotated about an axis of rotation (26). According to the method, the wire pack (60) is fixed on a winding former (26) and winding heads (42) are produced by displacing fixations of the wire pack (60). The winding shaft (26) can be rotated so that, after carrying out the method, a coil winding (70) is present in the form of a wave winding having wires (32) of the wire pack (60) preconnected in pairs at one end. Such a method allows a particularly space-saving coil winding (70) to be produced, which has a particularly high mechanical stability and requires the least amount of installation space in a rotor or stator (80).