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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
May. 17, 2011
Sara A. Stabenow, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Stephen R. Smith, Holly, MI (US);
Edward Panozzo, Mokena, IL (US);
David F. Titmuss, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Sara A. Stabenow, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Stephen R. Smith, Holly, MI (US);
Edward Panozzo, Mokena, IL (US);
David F. Titmuss, Commerce Township, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A stator for an electric motor includes first and second rows of conductors arranged concentrically around an axis inside a steel core. Each conductor includes a linking end. The stator also includes a first dielectric shim ring arranged between the two rows of conductors. Each conductor of the first row is bent in either a clockwise or a counter-clockwise direction relative to the axis and each conductor of the second row is bent in the opposite direction. The linking end of each conductor of the first row is attached to the linking end of an adjacent conductor of the second row after the conductors are bent. The first shim ring separates the first and second rows of conductors when the conductors are being bent, and is also at least partially disposed between the first and second rows of conductors when the linking ends are being attached.