Method of manufacturing a vehicle AC generator

摘要

In a method of manufacturing a stator of a vehicle AC generator, U-shaped conductor segments having a turn portion and a pair of forked in-slot portions are formed so that the radial width of each conductor segment can be larger than the radial depth of each slot of a stator core. The in-slot portions of the conductor segments are compressed from radially outside and inserted into each slot in an axial direction of the stator core so that the conductor segments can provide a spring-back force in the slots. Then, the U-shaped conductor segments are welded at ends of the in-slot portions in a prescribed pattern.