An electric motor, power tool using the electric motor, and method of making the electric motor includes making a stator that includes pole portions that have axial lengths less than an axial length of a back iron portion. Alternatively, or in addition, the pole portions have axially opposed ends that decrease in width. Alternatively, or in addition, the pole portions have dovetail features that are received in corresponding recesses of the back iron portion.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 10/934,334, titled, Field Assemblies and Methods of Making Same, filed, Sep. 3, 2004 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,078,843, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Nos. 60/500384, filed on Sep. 5, 2003, and 60/546243 filed on Feb. 20, 2004. The disclosures of the above applications are incorporated herein by reference.
