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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2012
Applicant:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Hideraldo Vasconcelos Santos, Joinville, BR;
Orlando Starke, Joinville, BR;
Assignee:
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 15/10 (2006.01); H02K 1/14 (2006.01); H02K 15/02 (2006.01); H02K 3/52 (2006.01); H02K 15/095 (2006.01); H02K 15/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 1/148 (2013.01); H02K 15/022 (2013.01); H02K 3/522 (2013.01); H02K 15/095 (2013.01); H02K 15/12 (2013.01); H02K 2203/12 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49009 (2015.01);
Abstract
A stator for an electric motor and method of manufacturing the stator is disclosed. The stator has a stator core including an annular yoke and a plurality of teeth, a plurality of polymeric casings formed over the plurality of teeth, and plurality of polymeric bridges that extend between the polymeric casings. Each polymeric bridge connects the radial ends of adjacent teeth. A shell separate from the polymeric casings is formed over the annular yoke.