Motor having improved stator core

An induction motor assembly comprising:

• a motor including a rotor rotatable about a rotor axis, and a stator at least substantially circumscribing said rotor,
• said stator including a generally toroidal core,
• said core including a generally circumferential yoke and a plurality of arcuately spaced apart teeth extending radially inwardly from the yoke,
• each of said teeth including a radially extending arm,
• each of said arms including a base adjacent the yoke and an end spaced radially inwardly from the yoke,
• each of said teeth further including a crown extending arcuately from a respective one of said ends,
• each of said crowns presenting a radially innermost crown face,
• each of said radially innermost crown faces including a radially innermost tooth point,
• said radially innermost tooth points cooperatively defining at least part of a circumferential inner core margin,
• each pair of adjacent teeth defining a slot therebetween,
• said stator further including electrically conductive wiring extending through at least some of said slots,
• said yoke presenting an outer yoke face defining at least part of a circumferential outer yoke margin,
• said yoke further presenting a plurality of arcuately spaced apart inner yoke faces,
• each of said inner yoke faces extending between a pair of adjacent teeth and in part defining a corresponding one of said slots,
• each of said inner yoke faces including a radially outermost deepest slot point,
• said deepest slot points cooperatively defining at least part of a circumferential inner yoke margin,
• said inner yoke margin being spaced radially from said outer yoke margin by a yoke thickness,
• said inner yoke margin being spaced radially from said inner core margin by a tooth length,
• said tooth length being at least 3 times the yoke thickness.