Bridge portions forming coil end portions, at both ends in an axial direction, of a stator of the rotating electrical machine according to the present invention are configured coaxially about an axis of the stator; at least one bridge portion of the bridge portions of each coil at both ends in the axial direction is located outward of an inner peripheral surface of the stator; and a gap is present between an end surface of a stator core in the axial direction and each bridge portion.

The invention relates mainly to a method for producing a wound stator (1), including: a step of preparing a phase winding; an insertion step which includes inserting the phase winding into a corresponding series of notches (5) in said stator (1); and an intermediate step of forming lead out wires of the winding (26) each extending between two notches (5) of each series of the inserted phase windings, by applying a first radial force (F1) from an axis (X) of the stator (1) toward the outside of the stator (1), wherein the method also comprises a step of positioning a bearing surface facing at least one notch (5) such as to apply a second radial force (F2) resulting from the application of the first force (F1) from the outside toward the axis (X) of the stator (1).

A stator manufacturing method that includes a lead wire bending process of inserting a plurality of concentrically wound coils into slots, each of the concentrically wound coils being formed by winding a flat conductive wire for a plurality of turns, each of the slots being formed between every two adjacent teeth extending radially inward from an annular back yoke of a stator core, and bending lead wire portions of the inserted concentrically wound coils projecting in an axial direction from an end surface of the stator core, and a second bending process of bending the lead wire portions using the connection parts as fulcrums so that the lead wire portions approach the end surface of the stator core along the circumferential direction of the stator core after the first bending process.

A coil end bending jig pushes down a plurality of coil ends of coil segments held by a toric stator core, the plurality of coil ends being arranged on a same circumference. The coil end bending jig includes a plurality of bending units each having a bending tooth that makes contact with a corresponding one of the coil ends, and a guide member having a plurality of guiding slits into which the plurality of bending units is inserted, respectively. The plurality of guiding slits extends from an inner peripheral side of the stator core to an outer peripheral side of the stator core so as not to intersect with each other when viewed from an axial direction of the stator core.

A stator coil forming method includes a bending step of bending portions of a linear lead wire so as to form bent portions; a cutting step of cutting curve parts of the bent portions thus formed, along a perpendicular plane that is approximately perpendicular to an extending direction of the lead wire so as to form coil segments; a U-shape forming step of bending the coil segments in a U-shape; an assembling step of assembling the coil segments to respective slots of a stator core; a tilting step of tilting both distal ends of the coil segments in a circumferential direction of the stator core so that cut surfaces of the distal ends are oriented toward a central-axis direction of the stator core; and a joining step of joining the distal ends of the coil segments adjacent to each other in a radial direction of the stator core.

A rotor cap for an electric generator, e.g., a high-speed turbogenerator, is disclosed, along with a production method for such rotor cap. The rotor cap is at least partially made of fiber-reinforced plastic material. The rotor cap may have cooling fluid passages, e.g., extending in an axial direction, in the area of the fiber-reinforced plastic material.

The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for reshaping one or more conductor pieces arranged in a stator core, wherein a plurality of conductor pieces is arranged in the stator core, the conductor pieces being arranged on a plurality of circular paths running in a circumferential direction in rows which extend in a radial direction, and wherein the reshaping takes place in a free end of the conductor piece projecting out of the stator core.

This production method produces a stator that includes a plurality of segment coils that are annularly arranged in a plurality of layers that overlap in the radial direction of a stator core. The production method involves a tool that has teeth being moved by a robot manipulator and the teeth being inserted between the ends of leg parts of the layers. The ends that engage the teeth are thereby bent so as to be substantially crank-shaped. Before the teeth are inserted between the ends, a restraining jig is inserted between bend parts of the segment coils of the layers and an end surface of the stator core that is on one side in the axial direction.

This production method produces a stator that includes a plurality of segment coils that are annularly arranged in a plurality of layers that overlap in the radial direction of a stator core. The production method involves a tool that has teeth being moved by a robot manipulator and the teeth being inserted between the ends of leg parts of the layers. The ends that engage the teeth are thereby bent so as to be substantially crank-shaped. Before the teeth are inserted between the ends, a restraining jig is inserted between bend parts of the segment coils of the layers and an end surface of the stator core that is on one side in the axial direction.

A stator for a rotary electric machine has: a toothed ring with teeth defining notches therebetween, the notches being open radially toward the outside, windings, which are arranged in a distributed manner in the notches, electrical conductors being arranged in an aligned manner in the notches, and a yoke mounted onto the toothed ring.