Electrical machine and rotor for an electrical machine

An electrical machine comprising a stator with a stator body supporting an electrical stator and a rotor,

• the rotor being supported by means of a bearing comprising a radial bearing section forming a radial gas bearing and an axial bearing section forming an axial gas bearing,
• stator side parts of these bearing sections being a stator side radial bearing part and a stator side axial bearing part which are rigidly connected to one another and together form a stator bearing structure,
• characterized in that the stator bearing structure is mounted to other parts of the stator by either:
• the stator side radial bearing part being rigidly mounted to the other parts, and the stator side axial bearing part being connected to the other parts by an elastic support or not at all;
• or
• the stator side axial bearing part being rigidly mounted to the other parts, and the stator side radial bearing part being connected to the other parts by an elastic support or not at all.