US Patent 10298084 Rotating electric machine for vehicle

A rotating electric machine including a stator including a stator core and a stator coil wound around the stator core, and a rotor including a rotor core arranged coaxially and radially in a face-to-face relationship with the stator core and a field coil wound around the rotor core. Both axial end portions of the rotor core project more axially outward than respective axial end faces of the stator core. The rotor core has a cutout surface between one of the axial end faces of the rotor core and an outer peripheral surface of the rotor core. A corner at which the cutout surface and the outer peripheral surface intersect is not more axially outward than either of the axial end faces of the stator core.