Rotating electric machine with interlocking inner and outer press plates

A rotating electric machine, comprising:

• a rotor configured to rotate about an axis and including a rotor laminate stack having layered laminations pressed in an axial direction to form a composite, the rotor laminate stack being radially divided into an inner mechanical region and an outer electrical region;
• a rotor winding disposed in the electrical region of the rotor laminate stack;
• a stator concentrically surrounding the rotor;
• and
• a press plate configured to press the layered laminations in the axial direction, the press plate being radially divided into a separate inner press plate and a separate outer press plate so as to correspond to the radial division of the rotor laminate stack,
• wherein the inner press plate includes a T-shaped claw,
• wherein the outer press plate includes a socket which reciprocates the T-shaped claw, and
• wherein the T-shaped claw and the socket are configured to couple the inner press plate and the outer press plate.