Dynamoelectric machine

Claim 1

A STATOR CARTRIDGE FOR A DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE, SAID CARTRIDGE INCLUDING A STATOR ASSEMBLY OF ANNULAR CONFIGURATION, A PAIR OF RELATIVELY THICK END RINGS SPACED FROM THE ENDS OF SAID STATOR ASSEMBLY, RESPECTIVELY, SUPPORTING MEANS DISPOSED ADJACENT THE INNER PERIPHERY OF SAID ASSEMBLY AND SAID END RINGS AND FIXEDLY SECURED TO THE LATTER, AN OUTER CASING FOR SAID CARTRIDGE OF ANNULAR CONFIGURATION, SAID OUTER CASING BEING MOUNTED ON SAID CARTRIDGE AND RECEIVING SAID STATOR ASSEMBLY AND AT LEAST A PORTION OF EACH OF SAID END RINGS THEREIN, ONE OF SAID END RINGS INCLUDING AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDING FLANGE MEMBER DISPOSED IN THE OUTER PERIPHERY THEREOF AND EXTENDING TOWARD SAID CASING, SAID CASING HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL PROJECTION DISPOSED ADJACENT ONE END THEREOF AND EXTENDING INWARDLY FROM THE INNER PERIPHERY THEREOF TO OVER LIE SAID FLANGE, SAID PROJECTION BEING AXIALLY SPACED FROM SAID FLANGE TO FORM AN AXIAL CLEARANCE THEREBETWEEN AND BEING DISPOSED BETWEEN SAID FLANGE AND THE OUTWARDLY FACING END SURFACE OF SAID ONE END RING, WHEREBY SAID FLANGE MUST BE MOVED AXIALLY TO ENGAGE SAID PROJECTION AND MEANS COUPLED TO THE OTHER END OF SAID CASING FOR FIXEDLY SECURING SAID CASING IN THE AFORESAID POSITION.