Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a multi-phase winding including magnetic poles circumferentially arranged in a circumferential direction. The multi-phase winding includes crossover wires each connecting two same-phase single coils that provide same-phase magnetic poles of the magnetic poles. The crossover wire includes an inter-pole crossover wire and an end crossover wire. The inter-pole crossover wire extends between one end and another end of the multi-phase winding in an axial direction of the multi-phase winding. The inter-pole crossover wire extends through an inter-pole gap between two adjacent poles of the magnetic poles. The end crossover wire extends in the circumferential direction on the other end of the multi-phase winding.

Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes an outer tub to receive wash water, a driving motor having a stator fixed to the outer tub, and a rotor rotated relative to the stator, a washing shaft rotated together with the rotor, and a rotatable spin-drying shaft spaced apart from the rotor. The laundry treatment apparatus also includes an inner tub disposed in the outer tub, a pulsator provided in the inner tub at a lower portion thereof, and a clutch assembly. The inner tub is rotated together with the spin-drying shaft and the pulsator is rotated by the washing shaft. The clutch assembly selects one of a plurality of modes including i) at least one restriction mode of restricting the spin-drying shaft to the rotor or the outer tub and ii) a free mode of not restricting the spin-drying shaft to the rotor and the outer tub.

Abstract: A method is provided for producing a slot base insulation in a stator (210, 220), wherein the stator (210, 220) is part of an electrical machine and is constructed from a ferromagnetic material. The stator (210, 220) is provided with at least one slot (204) to fit a winding wire (122) in the at least one slot (204). The at least one slot (204) is coated with a soft-magnetic insulation material. A stator (210, 220) also is provided with the slot base insulation.

Abstract: A stator for an electric machine includes a stator core with a multi-phase winding arranged on the stator core. The stator core has a plurality of slots formed therein and defines a first axial end and a second axial end. The multi-phase winding includes multiple parallel paths for each winding phase, each parallel path completing multiple revolutions around the stator core, and each parallel path comprising a series of slot segments arranged in layers of the plurality of slots and end turns alternately connecting consecutive slot segments on the first axial end and the second axial end. A pitch of the end turns connecting the slot segments for at least one parallel path alternates between a first pitch on the first axial end and a second pitch on the second axial end, the second pitch being different from the first pitch.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotary electric machine armature that includes a cylindrical armature core in which a plurality of slots that extend in an axial direction are disposed in a circumferential direction and a coil wound around the armature core, the slots having respective radial openings that open in a radial direction, and the coil being formed by joining a plurality of segment conductors to each other.

Abstract: An electronic motor with a stator core having a plurality of holes for receiving a plurality of conductors, each conductor comprising a substantially linear body portion extending within the holes of the stator core, and a stator drive member adjacent each end of the stator core, the stator end member adjacent at least one end of the stator core including electronic control circuitry electrically coupled to at least some of the conductors. Also, a method of manufacturing an electronic motor by providing a stator with a plurality of holes having conductors within at least some of the plurality of holes, said conductors each having a substantially linear body portion extending through the stator core, and placing a drive member on each end of the stator core, at least one of the drive members provided with electronic circuitry, where the conductors are electrically coupled to the circuitry in the drive member.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotary electric machine armature that includes a cylindrical armature core in which a plurality of slots that extend in an axial direction are disposed in a circumferential direction and a coil wound around the armature core, the slots having respective radial openings that open in a radial direction, and the coil being formed by joining a plurality of segment conductors to each other.

Abstract: A rotary actuator for a shift-by-wire system of a vehicle includes a motor with a motor shaft, an output shaft disposed in parallel with the motor shaft, a speed-reducing mechanism configured to reduce a rotational speed of the motor and transmit the rotation of the motor to the output shaft, and a case housing the motor and the speed-reducing mechanism. The speed-reducing mechanism includes a first speed-reducing portion including a ring gear and a sun gear, and a second speed reducing portion including a drive gear and a driven gear. The drive gear and the driven gear are coaxially disposed with the motor shaft and the output shaft, respectively, to serve as parallel shafts type gears. The drive gear is disposed between the motor and the first speed-reducing portion in an axial direction of the motor.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a motor rotor and a permanent magnet motor. The motor rotor includes a rotor body. In a section perpendicular to a central axis of the rotor body, a first slot side has a first and a second endpoint, and a second slot side has a third and a fourth endpoint. A distance from a connecting line between the first endpoint and the third endpoint to a center of the rotor body is denoted by h1, a radius of the rotor body is denoted by R, and h1 and R satisfy 0.96?h1/R?0.99. A connecting line between the first endpoint and the center of the rotor body is a first connecting line, a connecting line between the third endpoint and the center of the rotor body is a second connecting line, and an included angle between the two connecting lines is denoted ? and satisfies: 3.7°???5.6°.

Abstract: In this stator, a first coil portion, a second coil portion, a third coil portion, and a fourth coil portion each include a one-side coil part that is disposed so as to extend over a first slot and a third slot, and an other-side coil part that is disposed so as to extend over a second slot and a fourth slot.

Abstract: This armature has a core leg portion fixing member that is provided in a slot so as to overlap with a part at a position different from a position in an axial direction corresponding to a joint portion, and that includes a first fixing layer for fixing an armature core and a leg portion.

Abstract: A stator for an electric alternating current machine includes a stator winding arranged about a central axis and including conductor windings. The conductor windings are grouped to form electrical phases. The stator winding has winding layers. The conductor windings of a phase each have axially oriented conductor limbs that are connected to one another in two axial end regions in pairs by two winding heads. Individual coils are thus formed for each phase. As viewed in a circumferential direction, the axial conductor limbs of the individual phases follow one another in alternation in a uniform order. The winding heads of a given individual coil extend within a winding layer. A sequence of the axial conductor limbs of the respective phases and the distribution of the individual coils on the individual winding layers are chosen to avoid crossovers within the individual winding layers in the region of the winding heads.

Abstract: A slot includes a coil housing portion having first and second side portions and a bottom portion. A first straight line connects first and second points which are boundaries between the bottom portion and the side portions. A slot opening has third and fourth points closest to the first and second side portions. A second straight line connects the first and third points. A third straight line connects the second and fourth points. A first region is surrounded by the first straight line and the bottom portion. A second region is surrounded by the second straight line and the first side portion, and is surrounded by the third straight line and the second side portion. A third region is surrounded by the three straight lines. Areas A1, A2 and A3 of the three regions and total cross-sectional areas S1, S2, S3 of coils therein satisfy (S1/A1)>(S2/A2)>(S3/A3).

Abstract: A stator assembly for a permanent magnet motor is disclosed. The assembly includes a yoke having a plurality of teeth in connection therewith and extending into an opening formed by the yoke. The plurality of teeth includes a first tooth and a second tooth. The first tooth is arranged adjacent to the second tooth about a rotational axis of the motor. The assembly further includes a first coil and a second coil. The assembly is configured to receive three winding phases including a first winding phase, a second winding phase, and a third winding phase. The first tooth and the second tooth form adjacent pairs of the stator teeth including two of the three winding phases, and the adjacent pairs of the stator teeth are distributed around the opening and form an opening configured to receive a rotor.

Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator having a stator winding disposed thereon. A rotor is electromagnetically exposed to the stator. A field winding and an induction winding are disposed on the rotor. A rectifier is electrically coupled to the induction winding and the field winding. Upon application of a voltage to the stator winding, the stator winding produces a first rotating magnetic field and a second rotating magnetic field that has a different spatial frequency than the first rotating magnetic field. The first rotating magnetic field interacts asynchronously with the induction winding to produce an alternating current in the induction winding. The rectifier changes the alternating current to a direct current that is supplied to the field winding. The field winding interacts synchronously with the second rotating magnetic field.

Abstract: A bus-bar unit includes bus-bars and a bus-bar holder supporting the bus-bars. The bus-bar includes a first and a second bus-bar piece, including a plate. The first bus-bar piece includes a coil wire connecting portion connected to a coil wire drawn from a stator, and a first junction terminal joined to the second bus-bar piece. The second bus-bar piece includes an external connection terminal connected to an external device, a second junction terminal joined to the first bus-bar piece, and a second piece main body connecting them. The second piece main body has a first extension extending from the external connection terminal along a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the axial direction, a second extension extending from the second junction terminal along a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the axial direction, and a crank portion located between them and bent in a crank shape in a plate thickness direction.

Abstract: Embodiments involve a coil winding for a rotating electric machine that are formed from conductive materials using a three dimensional printer. The coil winding is printed as a unitary structure with interconnects connecting coils of the same phase. The rotating electric machine may be an axial flux machined with three phases.

Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes an outer tub to receive wash water, a driving motor having a stator fixed to the outer tub, and a rotor rotated relative to the stator, a washing shaft rotated together with the rotor, and a rotatable spin-drying shaft spaced apart from the rotor. The laundry treatment apparatus also includes an inner tub disposed in the outer tub, a pulsator provided in the inner tub at a lower portion thereof, and a clutch assembly. The inner tub is rotated together with the spin-drying shaft and the pulsator is rotated by the washing shaft. The clutch assembly selects one of a plurality of modes including i) at least one restriction mode of restricting the spin-drying shaft to the rotor or the outer tub and ii) a free mode of not restricting the spin-drying shaft to the rotor and the outer tub.

Abstract: A lubricant supported electric motor including a stator presenting a stator raceway, and a rotor extending along an axis and rotatable relative to the stator. The rotor presents a rotor raceway disposed in spaced relationship with the stator raceway to define a gap there between. A lubricant is disposed in the gap for supporting the rotor relative to the stator. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor poles arranged adjacent the rotor raceway in circumferentially spaced relationship with one another, and the stator includes a plurality of stator poles extending radially towards the rotor in circumferentially spaced relationship with one another along the stator raceway. A plurality of stator coil windings are wrapped around the plurality of stator poles and individually controllable for generating a magnetic force to center the rotor within the stator with carefully-timed adjustments to magnetic fields generated by the stator.

Abstract: An electric machine with a stator operably coupled with a rotor. The stator includes a stator core defining a plurality of slots. Each of the slots defines a plurality of layer positions located at different radial distances from a rotational axis of the electric machine. At least three windings are associated with each of the phases of the machine. In a first slot, a first winding is disposed in a first layer position. A second winding is disposed in a second layer position. A third winding is disposed in a third layer position. The first winding includes a first outside lead wire extending from the first slot. The second winding includes a second outside lead wire extending from a second slot. The third winding includes a third outside lead wire extending from a third slot. Each of the outside lead wires are in the first layer position.

Abstract: A fan module configured to be detachably connected to an electronic device includes an electrical connector and a circuit board assembly. The electrical connector includes a plurality of pins configured to be electrically connected to the electronic device. The circuit board assembly is embedded inside the electrical connector and is electrically connected to one or more of the pins. The circuit board assembly includes a circuit board and an integrated circuit disposed on the circuit board.

Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator core defining slots and a winding disposed in the core and having three phases. Each of the phases has at least two parallel paths including hairpins interconnected to form at least two continuous circuits between a terminal and a neutral. The hairpins of each path include: a first type of hairpins (first hairpins) each having first and second legs spaced apart by a span of five slots; a second type of hairpins (second hairpins) each having first and second legs spaced apart by a span of seven slots; and a third type of hairpins (first hairpins) each having first and second legs spaced apart by a span of five or seven slots.

Abstract: A lamination for use in an integrated drive generator is formed from a plurality of plates having a body including a pair of opposed cylindrical surfaces. Non-cylindrical ditches are defined circumferentially intermediate the pair of cylindrical surfaces. A plurality of passages are formed in an outer periphery of the cylindrical surfaces including relatively large holes extending through a slot to the outer periphery. Grooves are formed intermediate the relatively large holes.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an armature coil includes steps of arranging a plurality of coil conductors of the armature coil between an end metal die and a back portion metal die on a lower metal die; pressing, with the upper metal die in a pressing direction, the plurality of the coil conductors arranged between the end metal die and the back portion metal die on the lower metal die; and removing coil conductors that become formed in a convex shape and a concave shape from the lower metal die. The upper metal die may be provided with an inclined portion on a lower metal die side of the upper metal die, and the upper metal die may be configured to be pressed such that a space is formed by the dies, the space having a width that gets gradually narrower.

Abstract: A prefabricated coil for placement on a tooth for a direct drive is orthocyclically wound from a wire of circular cross section. The coil includes two straight portions having an inner surface facing an interior of the coil and an outer surface opposite and parallel to the inner surface. A distance between the inner surface and the outer surface defines a thickness of the coil. Two coil overhangs connect the straight portions. A distance between the coil overhangs defines a height of the straight portions. The inner and outer surfaces of the straight portions have the height of the straight portions and a width of the straight portions. A sheet-like insulator covers the straight portions. The wire and the sheet-like insulator are bonded together such that the coil is self-supporting under the application of pressure and temperature. The sheet-like insulator has a joint region at the outer surface.

Abstract: A stator includes a stator core, and a coil mounted on the stator core and having an insulating film, at least a part of the insulating film being coated with a protective paint, wherein a concave section is formed in a surface of the insulating film, and the protective paint is present in the concave section. The insulating film has hollow capsules formed therein.

Abstract: A coil substrate for a motor includes a flexible substrate, and multiple coils formed on a surface of the flexible substrate. Each of the coils has a wiring having first wiring portions and second wiring portions extending from the first wirings respectively and is formed such that the first wiring portions extend parallel with respect to each other and that the second wiring portions extend not parallel to the first wirings, and the flexible substrate is formed to be formed around a magnet of a motor such that the first wiring portions form an angle that is substantially perpendicular to a rotation direction of the motor.

Abstract: A motor includes a shaft, a bearing supporting the shaft, an armature disposed radially outward of the bearing, a bracket to which the bearing and the armature are fixed, a covered cylindrical rotor connected to the shaft, and a bus bar unit. The armature includes a core back, teeth extending radially outward from the core back, an insulator covering surfaces of the, and a defined by a wire wound from above the insulator around the teeth. The bus bar unit includes bus bars to which the coils are connected, a bus bar holder holding the bus bars, and a bus bar cover covering portion of the bus bars.

Abstract: A stator includes a stator core, an insulator attached to the stator core, and coil wires. The insulator includes base portions respectively surrounding outer peripheral surfaces of teeth and an outer wall portion located immediately above the core back and extending in a circumferential direction. Each of the coil wires includes coils into which each of the coil wires is wound around more than one of the teeth by concentrated winding, a connecting wire connecting the coils, and a pair of lead wires located at two ends of each of the coil wires and extending from the coils. The connecting wire of each of the coil wires includes at least one outside-passing portion extending along an outer surface of the outer wall portion on a radially outer side of the outer wall portion.

Abstract: This object is to secure a creepage insulation distance and improve insulation reliability. A stator core is formed as a housing, and is configured such that storage spaces for storing a plurality of segment coils are formed on an inner circumferential side of the housing in an axial direction of the housing and a plurality of the storage spaces is formed at intervals on the inner circumferential side of the housing. A plurality of coil support members is formed as annular members, and supports the plurality of segment coils. The coil support members each include a plurality of through-holes for inserting the segment coils, which is openings connected to the storage spaces, are separately disposed at both ends of the stator core in the axial direction, and each cover the inner circumferential side of the end portion of the stator core in the axial direction.

Abstract: Provided is a rotary electric machine which is configured to draw three-phase output lines from a connection side coil end by an easy process. A stator for a rotary electric machine according to the present invention includes a plurality of segment coils including connection-side winding portions and non-connection-side winding portions. The connection-side winding portions are arranged on one side of a stator core and connected to slots with the same slot pitch, and the non-connection-side winding portions are arranged on the other side of the stator core and inserted into the slots with a plurality of kinds of slot pitches. The connection-side winding portions include a first connection group and a second connection group. The first connection group is provided with a plurality of terminal portions for connecting the segments, and the second connection group connects layers different from those in the first connection group, and is provided with a plurality of terminal portions.

Abstract: A rotor for an electrical machine includes a rotor core having a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart rotor poles. Windings are seated in gaps between circumferentially adjacent pairs of the rotor poles. A wedge secures the windings in each gap. The wedge includes a first member made of a first material and at least one second member made of a second material. The second material has a higher electrical conductivity than the first material. The wedge is configured to supply Q-axis damping. A pair of end plates is connected electrically to the at least one second member at opposing longitudinal ends thereof thereby completing a Q-axis winding circuit for each wedge.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices, systems, and methods for controlling and/or augmenting acoustic sounds emitted from flight vehicles, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). For example, while in flight, a UAV may emit a characteristic sound or tone (or a plurality of such tones), which may be a result of propeller and/or motor noise. To mitigate such noise from UAVs, disclosed embodiments may include acoustic resonators that may provide additional tones to complement the sounds or tones emitted from the UAV. Namely, the acoustic resonators may be shaped, adjusted, or otherwise controlled to emit additional tones that form pleasing intervals in combination with the characteristic tone(s) from the UAV.

Abstract: An induction motor may include a stator assembly and a rotor assembly that revolves or rotates around the state assembly. Additionally, a pole pitch of the induction motor may be less than two inches. The stator assembly may also optionally include a fractional slot winding.

Abstract: The invention relates to a stator (10) for an electric machine comprising a stator package (12); a stator winding, which comprises a plurality of rod-shaped conductors (16a, 16b), which are inserted through the stator package (12) in an axial direction (A); wherein at least one first conductor (16b) and an adjacent second conductor (16b) of the plurality of conductors are electrically connected to each other on an end face (20) of the stator package (12) by means of a bridge (34) formed by laser welding; wherein the bridge (34) formed by laser welding extends at an angle to the axial direction (A) between the conductor ends (18a, 18b) of the first conductor (16a) and the second conductor (16b).

Abstract: A stator assembly has coils in a distributed winding configuration. A poly-phase switched reluctance motor assembly may include a stator assembly with multiple coils in a distributed winding configuration. The stator assembly may have a central bore into which a rotor assembly having multiple poles is received and configured to rotate. A method of controlling a switched reluctance motor may include at least three phases wherein during each conduction period a first phase is energized with negative direction current, a second phase is energized with positive current and there is at least one non-energized phase. During each commutation period either the first phase or second phase switches off to a non-energized state and one of the non-energized phases switches on to an energized state with the same direction current as the first or second phase that was switched off. The switched reluctance motor may include a distributed winding configuration.

Abstract: An end winding arrangement of a stator of an electro-mechanical device is provided. The end winding arrangement includes at least two stator bars, wherein each stator bar has a linear member and a cell bend member. Each of the at least two stator bars is configured to have a unitary involute member extending from each cell bend member such that the involute member is configured as a single involute section without a lead bend section for reducing vibrations in the electro-mechanical device.

Abstract: One embodiment relates to a cover assembly and a motor including the same, the cover assembly comprising: a cover body; and a plurality of grooves formed on the upper surface of the cover body so as to guide coils, wherein a hole is formed at one side of the groove so as to penetrate the cover body. Therefore, the motor guides the coils to the outside by using the hole formed in the cover assembly such that assemblability is improved.

Abstract: A stator for an electrical rotating machine includes a laminated core having coil bars and a winding head board resting on an end side of the laminated core and having a main body including a first dielectric material. Conductor tracks are connected to the coil bars and integrated into the winding head board. The winding head board has a region with a second dielectric material and/or a region with a third dielectric material, with the second dielectric material having a higher thermal conductivity than the first dielectric material. The region with the second dielectric material is arranged between a conductor track and the laminated core such that heat is transmittable between conductor track and laminated core via the second dielectric material. The third dielectric material has a higher dielectric strength than the first dielectric material, with the region with the third dielectric material arranged between at least two conductor tracks.

Abstract: A generator rotor for a wind power plant, wherein the generator rotor has at least one dividing plane for dividing the generator rotor into at least two segments. The dividing planes extend in the generator rotor along asymmetrical section lines of the generator rotor. A generator stator for a wind power plant, a generator of a wind power plant, and a wind power plant and a method for transporting a generator.

Abstract: A rotor for an electrical machine includes a core including a plurality of rotor poles circumferentially spaced apart from one another about a hub. A winding is wound about the rotor poles. The winding passes longitudinally through a respective winding gap between each circumferentially adjacent pair of rotor poles. A cooling tube extends through at least one of the respective winding gaps.

Abstract: A rotating electric machine includes a rotor, a stator, and a case, wherein each of the sub stator cores has a first insulated bobbin, a stator iron core, a second insulated bobbin, and a coil, and the coil is disposed in teeth parts of the first insulated bobbin, the stator iron core, and the second insulated bobbin, all of which are stacked in layers, and the first insulated bobbin has three ring holding parts which are formed in a core back part and extend to a circumferential direction, and the bus rings are separately inserted into the ring holding parts formed in the first insulated bobbin, and the first insulated bobbin, the stator iron core, and the second insulated bobbin each has a convex part formed at one side face of the core back part and a concave part formed at the other side face of the core back part.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rotor (3) for an electric rotating machine (1), in particular a synchronous machine (20), comprising a shaft (5) and at least one pole shoe (7). In order to keep overhead and costs low while achieving high reliability, according to the invention, a metal sheet (8) is placed between the shaft (5) and the pole shoe (7); said metal sheet (8) has a first contact area (12) that is in contact with a contact area (14) on the pole shoe (7), the metal sheet (8) and the pole shoe (7) being made of different materials.

Abstract: A motor includes a stator that has pole cores and a stator coil comprised of unit coils each being concentratedly wound around a corresponding one of the pole cores. Each of the unit coils is comprised of first and second sub-coils that are stacked in two layers in a stacking direction. Each of the first and second sub-coils is spirally wound so that coil sides of the sub-coil overlap each other in an overlapping direction perpendicular to the stacking direction. Each of the unit coils also has, at a single place, a connecting portion that connects the first and second sub-coils of the unit coil. The connecting portion is provided in a coil end of the unit coil. For each of the first and second sub-coils of the unit coil, the connecting portion is located at an innermost periphery of the sub-coil in the overlapping direction of the sub-coil.

Abstract: A stator assembly has coils in a distributed winding configuration. A poly-phase switched reluctance motor assembly 3002 may include a stator assembly with multiple coils in a distributed winding configuration. The stator assembly may have a central bore into which a rotor assembly having multiple poles is received and configured to rotate. A method of controlling a switched reluctance motor may include at least three phases wherein during each conduction period a first phase is energized with negative direction current, a second phase is energized with positive current and there is at least one non-energized phase. During each commutation period either the first phase or second phase switches off to a non-energized state and one of the non-energized phases switches on to an energized state with the same direction current as the first or second phase that was switched off. The switched reluctance motor may include a distributed winding configuration.

Abstract: A coil assembly of a stator is configured in such a manner that an air core region of each magnet coil houses effective coil parts of different magnet coils. The outer shape of each magnet coil in a section perpendicular to a center axis of a rotor is a divided ring-like shape defined by dividing a circular ring into equal N parts. Two sides of the divided ring-like shape form an angle set to be 360°/N or less. Each magnet coil is made of a coil conductive wire including a conductive wire bundle as a bundle of multiple non-insulated conductive wires each being a non-insulated wire, and an insulating coating layer covering the periphery of the conductive wire bundle.

Abstract: A motor apparatus comprises a permanent magnet synchronous motor circuit having a plurality of lanes, each lane comprising a plurality of unbalanced phases. A current demand circuit which receives a torque demand signal having a value equal to the torque that is to be generated by the motor apparatus and generates a respective current demand signal for each lane indicative of the current to be applied to each phase of the lane to achieve the demanded torque. A first drive circuit and a second drive circuit each comprise a plurality of switches which selectively connect the phases of a respective one of the plurality of lanes to a supply such that PWM modulated currents flow in each of the phases that correspond to the demanded current. The current demand circuit is adapted to modify one or both of the current demand signals such that one or both lanes additionally generate a set of radial forces that are applied to the rotor of the motor that do not net to zero.

Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator core having a plurality of slots formed therein and a winding positioned in the slots of the stator core. The winding includes eight parallel paths distributed in layers of the stator core. The eight parallel paths include four pairs of adjacent paths. A first pair of adjacent paths crisscrosses a second pair of adjacent paths in the layers of the stator core. A third pair of adjacent paths crisscrosses a fourth pair of adjacent paths in the layers of the stator core. Neither the first pair nor the second pair of adjacent paths crisscrosses one or both of the third pair and the fourth pair of adjacent paths in the layers of the stator core.

Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a stator. A plurality of slots are formed in a stator core of the stator, and a coil and an insulating sheet layer are inserted into the slots. A first coil side surface and a second coil side surface of the coil inserted into the slots serve as adhesive regions, which are adhered to a slot inner circumferential surface via the insulating sheet layer. In addition, a first coil end surface and a second coil end surface of the coil inserted into the slots serve as non-adhesive regions, which are maintained in a non-contact manner with respect to the slot inner circumferential surface.

Abstract: An energy harvester article configured to associate with a ferromagnetic flywheel having gear teeth is provided and includes a magnet, a first pole piece, wherein the first pole piece includes a first pole piece first end and a first pole piece second end, a second pole piece, wherein the second pole piece includes a first portion and a second portion configured into an “L” shape, and wherein the second portion is arranged to be substantially parallel with the first pole piece and separated from the first pole piece by a distance L, and a coil, wherein the coil is configured to be wrapped around the first pole piece proximate the first pole piece second end.