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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2012
Christian Gianni, Stevensville, MI (US);
Marcelo N. Schlickmann, Jaragua do Sul, BR;
Orlando Starke, Joinville, BR;
Richard S. Wallace, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Christian Gianni, Stevensville, MI (US);
Marcelo N. Schlickmann, Jaragua do Sul, BR;
Orlando Starke, Joinville, BR;
Richard S. Wallace, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A stator for an electric motor that includes a plurality of stacked laminations and a polymeric shell coupled to the plurality of laminations. Each lamination includes an annular plate having a plurality of notches defined therein. Each notch has an end positioned between the side walls of the annular plate. A plurality of teeth extend from one side wall of the annular plate. Each lamination includes a first slot defined at the first end of each notch and a second slot spaced apart from the first slot, the first slots of the laminations are aligned to define a first plurality of passageways, the second slots of the laminations are aligned to define a second plurality of passageways, and the polymeric shell includes a plurality of support beams that extend through the first plurality of passageways and the second plurality of passageways.