Electric motor, in particular of a vehicle component

An electric motor, comprising:

• a rotor;
• a stator having a three-phase stator winding with at least one coil per phase, said at least one coil per phase each having first and second coil ends;
• a connection element having a plurality of contact vias corresponding to a number of said coil ends, said vias forming first and second contacting groups;
• a contact ring having contact points being associated with said contact vias of said first contacting group for providing an electrically conductive connection of said first coil ends;
• said second coil ends being guided through said contact vias of said second contacting group and having coil end portions azimuthally guided along said connection element and guided out from said connection element to provide three-phase winding connections at exposed positions;
• and
• said connection element having a plurality of detent elements;
• and
• stator-side winding frames associated with said coils have detent elements corresponding to said detent elements of said connection element for producing a latched connection to said connection element.