Electric motor having a winding insulating barrier and method of construction

Claim 1

A stator assembly for a dynamoelectric machine having a plurality of spaced, axially extending slots, a first winding, a second winding, said first and second windings wound in said slots and including a plurality of common slots retaining both said first and second windings, wherein the improvement comprises an insulating barrier means disposed between said first and second windings including a plurality of insulating pegs each disposed within said common slots and electrically separating said first and second windings and including oppositely disposed axial projections extending beyond the outer axial ends of said stator assembly, and a plurality of end turn insulating separators each including a pair of transverse sections oppositely disposed at axial ends of said stator assembly and interconnected by a plurality of legs each disposed within one of said common slots with each of said common slots containing a leg disposed adjacent to a peg and electrically separating said first and second windings, said axial projections of said pegs and said transverse sections overlapping and providing complete electrical insulation between said first and second windings.