Stator of dynamo-electric machine

• US 5,583,387 A
• Filed: 06/13/1994
• Issued: 12/10/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Kinashi, Yoshikazu, Wada, Yukitoshi, Takeuchi, Manabu, Hirano, Mikio
• Primary Examiner(s): Stephan, Steven L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): JONES, JUDSON
• Application Number:
  US08/258,730
• Time in Patent Office: 911 Days
• Field of Search: 310/42, 310/216, 310/217, 310/218, 310/254, 310/256, 310/258, 310/259, 310/192, 310/193
• US Class Current: 310/216.009
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 1/16 Stator cores with slots for windings
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 174/20 Stator

Abstract

A stator of a dynamo-electric machine includes core pieces obtained by laminating iron plates divided in a circumferential direction per pole-tooth unit and having projecting and recessed engaging parts at their dividing faces, and then welding the iron plates by laser at their inner and outer peripheries. A winding part is formed around each pole-tooth unit of the core pieces. A predetermined number of the core pieces are bonded into the loop, with the projecting and recessed engaging parts engaged with each other and rigidly welded at outer peripheries of bonding faces by laser in a laminating direction.

Claims

1. A stator for a dynamo-electric machine, comprising:

a plurality of core pieces, each of said core pieces having pole-tooth units, dividing faces, projecting and recessed engaging parts at said dividing faces and inner and outer peripheries, and each of said core pieces comprising a plurality of laminated iron plates that are laminated in a laminating direction and laser welded together at said inner and outer peripheries; and

winding parts wound around respective said pole-tooth units of said core pieces;

wherein said plurality of core pieces form a rigid annular shape with said projecting and recessed engaging parts at said dividing faces engaging each other and said plurality of core pieces being laser welded together with a weld extending in the laminating direction at said outer periphery.

2. The stator of claim 1, and further comprising insulating parts located between each of said pole-tooth units and said winding parts.

3. The stator of claim 1, wherein each said core piece has an outer part connected with said pole-tooth unit thereof, said projecting and recessed engaging parts and said dividing faces being located on said outer part.

4. The stator of claim 3, wherein each said weld extending in the laminating direction is located on said outer parts of two of said core pieces so as to connect said core pieces together.