Clam-shell stator construction for electrical machines

Claim 1

A dynamoelectric machine for use with a machine assembly having a rotating shaft comprising: rotor means for providing a high strength magnetic field, said rotor means secured for rotation with said shaft; a pair of partially cylindrical stator winding support structures each including a plurality of radially outwardly extending longitudinal support fins to define a plurality of stator winding slots therebetween, said support structures configured for assembly about said rotor means to form a cylinder about said rotor means; a plurality of stator windings each including conductors mounted within said winding slots of said support structures and end turn sections electrically connecting said conductors, at least one of said plurality of stator windings having said conductors mounted on both of said pair of partially cylinder stator winding support structures and having said end turn sections connecting said conductors divided into segments located on each of said support structures; interconnecting means for providing electrical connection for said divided segments of said end turn sections of said at least one stator winding; a pair of half cylindrical stator core elements disposed about said conductor segments of said plurality of stator windings; and split housing means for containing said support structures, said stator windings, and said stator core elements, and for maintaining the positions thereof about said rotor means.