Method for manufacturing stator of rotary electric machine

1. A method for manufacturing a stator of a rotary electric machine, the rotary electric machine including: a stator core; a stator coil wound around a tooth of the stator core; and an insulator interposed between the stator coil and the stator core, the insulator having an opening in a portion sandwiched between the stator core and the stator coil,

the method for manufacturing comprising:

assembling the insulator and the stator coil to the tooth; and

applying, after assembling, a liquid adhesive on a surface of the stator coil in a radial direction of the stator coil such that the liquid adhesive, after being applied, pours through a gap between wires of the stator coil into the opening from an outer side of the stator coil so as to fix the stator coil to the stator core, wherein

the surface of the stator coil in which the liquid adhesive is applied in a radial direction of the stator coil is an outer surface of the stator coil.

2. The method for manufacturing the stator according to claim 1 , wherein

the insulator includes:

a coil wound section which is attached to the tooth and around an outer periphery of which the stator coil is wound; and

a flange section extending from an end of the coil wound section, that is towards radially outer side of the stator to an outer side of the coil wound section in an axial direction of the stator and in a circumferential direction of the coil wound section;

wherein the insulator has the opening in an axial end surface of the coil wound section that faces towards the axial direction of the stator.

3. The method for manufacturing the stator according to claim 2 ,

wherein the liquid adhesive is dropped from an upper side of a coil end section of the stator coil to an end surface of the coil end section, that is opposite of the upper side of the coil end section in the axial direction of the stator, in a state where the stator is held in such a posture that the axial direction of the stator is parallel to a direction of gravity.

4. The method for manufacturing the stator according to claim 1 , wherein

the opening of the insulator is located entirely within a wall of the insulator that is sandwiched between the tooth and the stator coil when the insulator and the stator coil are assembled to the tooth.

5. The method for manufacturing the stator according to claim 1 , wherein

the opening of the insulator extends between two side walls of the insulator along an entire length of the side walls, the side walls covering respective sides of the tooth, that are opposite to each other, when the insulator and the stator coil are assembled to the tooth.

6. The method for manufacturing the stator according to claim 1 , wherein

the opening of the insulator extends between two side walls of the insulator, the side walls covering respective sides of the tooth, that are opposite to each other, when the insulator and the stator coil are assembled to the tooth, and

in the applying the liquid adhesive on the surface of the stator coil, the liquid adhesive is discharged from an end of a nozzle to the surface of the stator coil while the end of the nozzle is positioned completely above and between the two side walls of the insulator.