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Alternator and method of manufacture

  • US 6,849,974 B2
  • Filed: 03/05/2004
  • Issued: 02/01/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of fabricating an alternator comprising:

  • preparing a stator;

    molding a drive-end (D.E.) frame of plastics material in a mold;

    removing the molded D.E. frame from the mold and, while the D.E. frame is still hot from heat imparted by molding, installing the stator in the D.E. frame and permitting the D.E. frame to cool and constrict about the stator to secure the stator to the D.E. frame.

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