Abstract: First and second winding bodies are each configured so as to have a helical shape by winding a conductor wire for m turns, where m is a natural number that is greater than or equal to two, an armature winding is configured by mounting two-lane winding bodies into respective pairs of slots, two-lane winding bodies being configured by assembling the first and second winding bodies, the coil ends include a top portion that displaces in a radial direction at a central portion, and the radial displacement at the top portion is a×d, where a is a natural number that is greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 2×(m?1), and d is a radial thickness of the rectilinear portions, 4×m of the rectilinear portions being housed inside the slots so as to line up in single columns.

Abstract: Insulators are respectively disposed such that longitudinal directions of trunk portions are oriented in a radial direction of teeth, and so as to place bottom surfaces of the trunk portions alongside two axial end surfaces of the teeth, concentrated winding coils are configured by winding conductor wires so as to be wound in multiple layers around the teeth so as to pass through a concave space that is formed by the trunk portions and first and second flange portions at two axial ends of the teeth, the second flange portion is disposed on an end surface of a core back of a stator core, and a temperature detecting element is installed by being inserted into an element insertion aperture that is formed on the second flange portion so as to be able to detect a temperature of a coil end of the concentrated winding coils.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a winding body includes: a bulging portion forming step in which bulging portions are formed by bending at a set pitch on a conductor wire; a crank portion forming step in which the crank portions are formed by bending on central portions of the bulging portions; an inclined portion and rectilinear portion forming step in which inclined portions and rectilinear portions are formed by bending on the conductor wire on which the bulging portions are formed at a set pitch and on which the crank portions are formed on each of the bulging portions after completion of the bulging portion forming step and the crank portion forming step; and a circular arc portion forming step in which the inclined portions are bent and formed into a circular arc shape.

Abstract: In the electric machine according to the present invention, conductor wires are housed inside slots so as to be arranged into multiple layers in one column so as to contact each other in a slot depth direction in each column such that a longitudinal direction of a long side of an oblong cross section of a conductor portion faces in the slot depth direction, and a thickness of a portion of an insulating coating that is formed on a surface of the conductor portion that faces in the slot depth direction is thinner than a thickness of a portion of the insulating coating that is formed on a surface of the conductor portion that faces in a direction of slot arrangement.

Abstract: In this method for manufacturing an armature winding for an electric machine, a rectangular conductor wire is wound helically by bending and shaping linking portions between rectilinear portions and coil ends to set angles while feeding the rectangular conductor wire, by repeating steps in which the rectangular conductor wire is fed by a set amount of feeding, the rectangular conductor wire is gripped and fixed by first through fourth chucks, the rectangular conductor wire is bent by pressing a first former near a root of the rectangular conductor wire, and gripping and fixing of the rectangular conductor wire by the first through fourth chucks is released.

Abstract: A U-phase coil that constitutes the armature winding includes four (first through fourth) small coil groups U101, U102, U201, and U202 that make approximately one round circumferentially that are formed by connecting in series in order of circumferential arrangement winding bodies that are housed in slot pairs that are separated by 360 electrical degrees. The U-phase coil is configured by consecutively or alternately connecting the four first through fourth small coil groups U101, U102, U201, and U202 in series such that two of the small coil groups that are housed in identical slots are positioned.

Abstract: A U-phase coil that constitutes an armature winding includes four (first through fourth) small coil groups U101, U102, U201, and U202 that make one round circumferentially, that are formed by connecting in series in order of circumferential arrangement winding bodies that are housed in slot pairs that are separated by 360 electrical degrees. The U-phase coil is configured into a parallel circuit in which the first and fourth small coil groups U101 and U202, which are connected in series, and the second and third small coil groups U102 and U201, which are connected in series, are connected in parallel by linking together winding ends within a radially Inner winding end group using crossover wires 711 and 721, and by linking together winding ends within a radially outer winding end group using a crossover wire 821.

Abstract: An armature winding includes a plurality of distributed winding bodies that are each produced by winding a single conductor wire that is insulated, jointless, and continuous, and that has a constant cross-sectional area perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, the conductor wires include first through third coil end portions that link first through fourth rectilinear portions and first through fourth rectilinear portions, and are formed such that radial widths w? of the first through fourth rectilinear portions are wider than radial widths w of the first through third coil end portions, and first gaps are formed between radially adjacent coil end portions to allow a cooling medium to pass through the first gaps.

Abstract: Four layers of first coil rows formed by arranging first coil ends at a pitch of one slot in a circumferential direction are arranged in a radial direction to configure a first coil end group, three layers of second coil rows formed by arranging second coil ends at a pitch of one slot in a circumferential direction are arranged in a radial direction to configure a first coil end group, a cylindrical first insulating paper is housed inside the first coil end rows and inside the second coil end rows, and a cylindrical second insulating paper is housed between the first coil end rows and between the second coil end rows.

Abstract: A stator winding is formed by mounting winding bodies individually into pairs of slots of a stator core separated by a predetermined number of slots, the winding bodies each being formed by winding a jointless, continuous conductor wire coated with insulation for m turns into a helical shape such that end portions of rectilinear portions are linked by coil ends, where m is a natural number that is greater than or equal to two, and the coil ends include a top portion that displaces by a predetermined amount in a radial direction at an approximately central portion between the linked rectilinear portions, the radial displacement at the top portions is approximately a×d, where a is a natural number that is greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to (m?1), and d is a radial thickness of the rectilinear portions.

Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator in which a plurality of armatures each have a coil formed by a winding wire wound in plural layers around bobbins mounted to a magnetic pole tooth, which are disposed annularly on an inner circumference of a cylindrical frame. The coil is formed by the winding wire being wound with a constant feed pitch in parallel with slots of the bobbins in plural layers. The winding wire forming a first layer of the coil is shifted by half the feed pitch between a left side and a right side of a center axis of the coil as viewed from a plane perpendicular to a stacking direction of a stacked iron core.

Abstract: A coil end of a coil is insulated from a stator core by a molded member made of an insulating resin, and the coil, which is positioned in a slot, is insulated by insulating paper. In an armature of a rotating electrical machine, the molded member is divided into a first member and a second member that are rotatably coupled to each other by a hinge.

Abstract: The rotary electric machine includes a rotor, and a stator including an stator core that is formed by laminating and integrating magnetic steel plates, and concentrated winding coils that are mounted to respective teeth, the stator being disposed so as to surround the rotor. Bobbins each including a trunk portion and first and second guide portions that are disposed so as to protrude from two longitudinal ends of an upper surface of the trunk portion are disposed so as to place bottom surfaces of the trunk portions alongside two axial end surfaces of the teeth. The concentrated winding coils are configured by winding a conductor wire a predetermined number of times around the teeth so as to pass through a concave space that is formed by the trunk portions and the first and second guide portions at two axial ends of the teeth.

Abstract: The rotary electric machine includes a rotor, and a stator including an stator core that is formed by laminating and integrating magnetic steel plates, and concentrated winding coils that are mounted to respective teeth, the stator being disposed so as to surround the rotor. Bobbins each including a trunk portion and first and second guide portions that are disposed so as to protrude from two longitudinal ends of an upper surface of the trunk portion are disposed so as to place bottom surfaces of the trunk portions alongside two axial end surfaces of the teeth. The concentrated winding coils are configured by winding a conductor wire a predetermined number of times around the teeth so as to pass through a concave space that is formed by the trunk portions and the first and second guide portions at two axial ends of the teeth.