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The invention relates to a design for and a method of manufacturing a rotary electric machine stator assembly. There is a need for improved cooling in rotary electric machines, such as motors and generators. A stator assembly is provided for a rotary electric machine having a rotor which rotates within a stator which is enclosed within a cooling jacket. The stator has a plurality of grooves separated by a plurality of stator teeth. A stator coil is wrapped around each corresponding tooth. The stator assembly also includes a plurality of heat conducting plates which conduct heat from a coil to the stator. In one embodiment, adjacent pairs of coils are separated by one of a plurality of radially and axially extending slots, and the plates are received within the slots. In another embodiment, the plates are positioned between the stator coil and each side of the corresponding tooth around which the coil is wrapped.
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