Dynamoelectric machine terminal arrangement

Claim 1

A DYNAMOELECTRIC COMPRISING FRAME MEANS HAVING A CAVITY AND AN OPENING COMMUNICATING BETWEEN THE CAVITY AND THE EXTERIOR OF THE FRAME MEANS; A STATOR MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CAVITY, SAID STATOR INCLUDING A CORE FORMED OF MAGNETIC MATERIAL HAVING A PLURALITY OF ANGULARLY SPACED APART SLOTS, AT LEAST ONE WINDING ACCOMMODATED IN AT LEAST SOME OF SAID SLOTS; AND A TERMINAL ASSEMBLY CARRIED BY SAID STATOR IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRAME OPENING FOR CONNECTING WINDING TO THE POWER SOURCE EXTERNALLY OF THE MACHINE, SAID TERRINAL ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A MEMBER FORMED OF ELECTRICAL INSULATING MATERIAL HAVING A SECTION ATTACHED TO SAID STATOR AND AT LEAST TWO TERMINAL ELEMENTS MOUNTED ON THE INSULATING MENBER WITH AN END OF EACH TERMINAL ELEMENT TERMINATING IN TERMINAL PORTIONS EXTENDING BEYOND ONE EDGE OF SAID INSULATING MEMBER; MEANS ATTACHING THE WINDINGS AND TERMINAL ELEMENTS ELECTRICALLY TOGETHER; CLOSURE MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID FRAME MEANS IN THE VICINITY OF AND CLOSING SAID OPENING SAID TERMINAL PORTIONS PROJECTING INTO SAID FRAME OPENING THROUGH AND BEYOND SAID CLOSURE MEANS THEREBY BEING EXPOSED TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE FRAME MEANS FOR CONNECTION IN CIRCUIT WITH THE POWER SOURCE, WHEREBY SAID CLOSURE MEANS TENDS TO CLOSE THE OPENING OF THE FRAME MEANS, EXCEPT FOR THE EXPOSEDTERMINAL PORTIONS, AND TO RESIST OUTWARD MOVEMENT OF SAID TERMINAL ASSEMBLY AWAY FROM THE CORE AS THE TERMINAL PORTIONS ARE BEING CONNECTED AND DISCONNECTED RELATIVE TO THE POWER SOURCE.