An electrical machine can include a rotor core rotatably coupled to a shaft, and having a set of rotor windings including a termination end extending axially out the core and electrically connected to a terminal. A lead restraint assembly is arranged to rotatably restrain the termination end in a channel.

Methods and systems are provided for assemblies including two busbars connected via boltless busbar joints, without fasteners. In one example, a method for connecting a first busbar to a second busbar without fasteners includes stamping the second busbar to form two slots separating a middle piece from prongs, bending the middle piece into a clip, and interposing the first busbar between the clip and the prongs. Additionally, contact areas of the first and second busbars are pre-treated with a surface texturing method.

A circuit connection apparatus has a connector including a housing in which a connection terminal is contained, a positioning guide portion provided therein at an opposite side to an opening portion of the housing, and a press-fit terminal extended from the connection terminal. Moreover, the circuit connection apparatus has a heat sink that includes a guide receipt portion fitted with the positioning guide portionand an opening to be penetrated by the press-fit terminal and to which the housing is fixed. Furthermore, the circuit connection apparatus has a circuit board that includes a board positioning guide portion and a through-hole to which the press-fit terminal is pressure-bonded and that is fixed to the heat sink. Because the press-fit terminal and the through-hole can accurately be positioned, it is made possible that the reliability is raised and a simple assembly process suppresses the production cost from rising.

A circuit connection apparatus has a connector including a housing in which a connection terminal is contained, a positioning guide portion provided therein at an opposite side to an opening portion of the housing, and a press-fit terminal extended from the connection terminal. Moreover, the circuit connection apparatus has a heat sink that includes a guide receipt portion fitted with the positioning guide portionand an opening to be penetrated by the press-fit terminal and to which the housing is fixed. Furthermore, the circuit connection apparatus has a circuit board that includes a board positioning guide portion and a through-hole to which the press-fit terminal is pressure-bonded and that is fixed to the heat sink. Because the press-fit terminal and the through-hole can accurately be positioned, it is made possible that the reliability is raised and a simple assembly process suppresses the production cost from rising.