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Electrical connections for windings of motor stators

  • US 4,177,397 A
  • Filed: 03/17/1978
  • Issued: 12/04/1979
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an electric motor sub-assembly of the type comprising a hollow cylindrical motor housing, a stator disposed in said housing and coil windings on said stator, said stator having oppositely directed faces and an external circumferential surface, said circumferential surface having arcuate portions which are against internal surface portions of said housing, and having portions which are adjacent to said arcuate surface which are spaced from said internal surface of said housing, the improvement to said sub-assembly comprising:

  • a terminal housing mounted on one of said faces of said stator, said housing comprising an elongated block of insulating material having a terminal-receiving face and having terminal-receiving cavities extending into said terminal-receiving face, said housing extending across said face at a location adjacent to one of said arcuate portions,integral retaining means extending from said housing, said retaining means comprising parallel spaced-apart legs extending from said housing and an integral strut extending between the ends of said legs, said legs extending across said adjacent portions of said circumferential surface on each side of said one arcuate portion, said strut extending across the other one of said faces whereby, said housing and retaining means are captured on said stator by said arcuate surface portions of said stator and said internal wall portion of said housing.

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