Rotating electric machine

A rotating electric machine comprising:

• a field system having a plurality of magnetic poles;
• a multi-phase armature coil radially opposed to the field system, the armature coil having phase windings each constituted of a plurality of partial windings;
• and
• a winding support member provided on a radially opposite side of the armature coil to the field system and supporting the partial windings,
• wherein
• each of the partial windings has a pair of intermediate conductor portions and a pair of bridging portions, the pair of intermediate conductor portions each extending in an axial direction and being spaced at a predetermined interval in a circumferential direction, the pair of bridging portions being located respectively on opposite axial sides of the pair of intermediate conductor portions and connecting the pair of intermediate conductor portions in a ring shape,
• all the partial windings constituting the phase windings of the armature coil are arranged in the circumferential direction so that the intermediate conductor portions of the partial windings are aligned with each other in the circumferential direction,
• in each of the partial windings, insulating members are mounted respectively on corresponding ones of the bridging portions of the partial winding so as to electrically insulate the partial winding from the other partial windings,
• brackets, which are separate members from the partial windings, are provided respectively in corresponding ones of the insulating members of the partial windings in such a manner as to partially protrude from the corresponding insulating members, and
• protruding portions of the brackets, which protrude from the corresponding insulating members, are mechanically joined to the winding support member.