Method of fixing a stator core and an electric compressor

1. A method of fixing a stator core in a cylindrical housing, the method comprising the steps of:

blanking a plurality of stator core sheets from an electromagnetic steel sheet by using a die, wherein the die has a circular outside contour for blanking the stator core sheets from the electromagnetic steel sheet and each of the blanked stator core sheets has an outside contour;

forming the stator core by laminating the blanked stator core sheets one on another; and

setting a non-fixing position of the stator core to the cylindrical housing in such an angular position where difference in diametral dimension of the outside contour between the die and the stator core is relatively large.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of:

setting a fixing position of the stator core to the cylindrical housing in such an angular position where the difference in the diametral dimension of the outside contour between the die and the stator core is relatively small.

3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising the step of:

determining boundary between the fixing position and the non-fixing position from intersection points between a circle whose diameter is at an upper tolerance of the circular outside contour of the die and a curve of the outside contour of the stator core.

4. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising the step of:

determining boundary between the fixing position and the non-fixing position from points where a curve of the outside contour of the stator core intersects with a circle whose diameter is at an upper tolerance of the circular outside contour of the die and a circle whose diameter is at a lower tolerance of the circular outside contour of the die, respectively.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic steel sheet is a rolled sheet, wherein the stator core is formed by turning the stator core sheets from the adjacent stator core sheets thereof by an angle of 180 degrees with respect to rolling direction of the steel sheet in laminating the stator core sheets.

6. An electric compressor having therein a compression mechanism, comprising:

a cylindrical motor housing; and

an annular stator core fixed in the motor housing with at least a part of an outer circumferential surface of the stator core in contact with inner projections of the motor housing, wherein the stator core is formed of a plurality of stator core sheets laminated one on another, wherein each of the stator core sheets is blanked off from an electromagnetic steel sheet by using a die, wherein the die has a circular outside contour for blanking the stator core sheets from the electromagnetic steel sheet and each of the blanked stator core sheets has an outside contour, wherein a non-fixing position of the stator core to the motor housing is set between the inner projections in such an angular position where difference in diametral dimension of the outside contour between the die and the stator core is relatively large.

7. The electric compressor according to claim 6 , wherein the inner projection at a fixing position of the stator core to the motor housing is set in such an angular position where the difference in the diametral dimension of the outside contour between the die and the stator core is relatively small.

8. The electric compressor according to claim 7 , wherein a circle whose diameter is at an upper tolerance of the circular outside contour of the die and a curve of the outside contour of the stator core have intersection points, from which boundary between the fixing position and the non-fixing position is determined.

9. The electric compressor according to claim 7 , wherein a curve of the outside contour of the stator core intersects with a circle whose diameter is at an upper tolerance of the circular outside contour of the die and a circle whose diameter is at a lower tolerance of the circular outside contour of the die, respectively, at points from which boundary between the fixing position and the non-fixing position is determined.

10. The electric compressor according to claim 6 , wherein the electromagnetic steel sheet is a rolled sheet, wherein the stator core sheets are turned from the adjacent stator core sheets thereof by an angle of 180 degrees with respect to rolling direction of the steel sheet in laminating the stator core sheets.