Stator for rotary electric machine

A stator for a rotary electric machine, the stator comprising:

• a stator core comprising a stack of a plurality of steel sheets;
• a stator coil wound around teeth of the stator core;
• and
• a plurality of insulators interposed between the stator core and the stator coil, wherein
• each of the insulators has at least one engagement tab projecting toward a circumferential-direction side surface of a tooth when the insulator is attached to the tooth, the engagement tab extending only partially in the axial direction of the tooth,
• an engagement recess configured to hook the engagement tab therein is formed in the circumferential-direction side surface of each of the teeth,
• each of the steel sheets has a plurality of tooth portions that form the teeth when the plurality of steel sheets are stacked,
• each of some of the plurality of tooth portions has a notch formed on a circumferential-direction side surface of the tooth portion, the notches forming the engagement recess in which the engagement tab is hooked when the plurality of steel sheets are stacked,
• the plurality of steel sheets are rotated either one from another or in units of a plurality of steel sheets and stacked, and
• the engagement tab and the engagement recess correspond to each other in shape, position, and number.