AC generator for use in vehicle and method for forming connection latch portion in conductor wire applied to stator winding thereof

摘要

The present invention provides an AC generator for use in a vehicle, which eliminates the need for metallic terminals, and which reduces the number of components and the number of man-hours needed for a connecting operation to thereby reduce the cost thereof and enhance the reliability thereof. Each of conductor wires of a stator winding has a circular cross section and also has an end portion at which a connection latch portion to be connected to a mounting seat of a rectifier is formed. The connection latch portion is constituted by deforming an end portion of each of the conductor wires like a plate and subsequently forming a cutout in the end portion deformed like a plate.