# US 12,119,724 B2 · Stator in an electric machine with a wiring device and electric machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,119,724 B2 - Document ID: US12119724B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/780,691 - Filed: 2020-11-25 - Published: 2023-11-09 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2019-11-28 - Assignees: ZF Friedrichshafen AG - Applicants: Zf Friedrichshafen AG - Inventors: Tobias Schrenk; Christoph Wieder; Katja Willacker; Roland Lindwurm; Jochen Wittmann - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12119724B2 ## CPC - H02K 3/522: {for generally annular cores with salient poles} - H02K 3/521: {applicable to stators only} - H02K 2203/09: Machines characterised by wiring elements other than wires, e.g. bus rings, for connecting the winding terminations - H02K 2203/12: Machines characterised by the bobbins for supporting the windings - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) ## Abstract The invention relates to a stator (IO) in an electric machine (I) with a laminated core (II) formed in an annular fashion about a central axis (A), on which core stator coils (16) with coil ends (16a, b) are arranged by means of formers (12a, 12b). The stator (IO) comprises wiring device (20), on which a plurality of mutually isolated connecting conductors (22-26) with coil connection areas (22a-26a) are present for connecting the stator coils (16). The wiring device (20) is joined on the stator in an axial joining direction to the stator coils (16) and is secured by axial connection means (30a, b) to the formers (12a), thus forming a plurality of axial connections (32a, b). According to the invention, to increase the stiffness of the stator (IO), radial supporting means (40, 41) are additionally formed on the wiring device (20) to interact with the formers (12a), said means being designed to be functionally independent of the axial connection means (30a, b). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A stator (10) of an electric machine (1), comprising: an annular laminated core (11) which is formed around a center axis (A) and on which stator coils (16) with coil ends (16a, b) are arranged by winding formers (12a, 12b), and having an interconnection device (20) having a plurality of mutually insulated connecting conductors (22-26), which have coil connection regions (22a-26a) for the interconnection of the stator coils (16), wherein the interconnection device (20) is joined to the stator coils (16), and arranged adjacent thereto, in an axial joining direction and is secured to the winding formers (12a) by axial connectors (30a, b) to form a multiplicity of axial connections (32a, b), wherein: the interconnection device (20) has radial supports (40, 41) for cooperating with the winding formers (12a), which are formed independently of the axial connectors (30a, b), and the axial connections (32a, b) have a radial gap (33) for generating a radial play. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The stator as claimed in claim 1, wherein each winding former (12a) has a winding region (15), formed by a winding carrier (13) and two limbs (14, 15) delimiting the winding region (15) in the axial direction and connected to the winding carrier (13), wherein the axial connectors (30a, b) are formed on the limbs (14, 15) of the respective winding formers (12a) and wherein the radial supports (40, 41) cooperate with at least one of the limbs (14, 15) of the plurality of winding formers (12a). ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The stator as claimed in claim 2, wherein the radial supports (40, 41) are configured to cooperate with both limbs (14, 15) on one of the winding formers (12a) and form a first and, if necessary, a second support region (42, 44), wherein a centering of the interconnection device (20) with respect to the stator coils (16) takes place by only one of the two support regions (42, 44). ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The stator as claimed in claim 3, wherein the radial supports (40, 41) have a first support surface (40a) and a second support surface (41a) radially spaced from the first support surface, wherein the first support surfaces (40a) and a guide portion, cooperating therewith, of one of the limbs (14) extend parallel to the center axis (A) and form the first support region (42) and wherein the second support surface (41a) and a contact portion (15a), cooperating therewith, of the other limb (15) are formed at an angle with respect to the center axis (A) and form the second support region (44). ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The stator as claimed in claim 4, wherein the coil connection regions (22a-26a) of the connecting conductors (22-26) are arranged adjacent to a support region (42) resulting in the centering of the interconnection device (20). ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The stator as claimed in claim 5, wherein the support regions (42, 44) Are formed radially between the axial connectors (30a, b). ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The stator as claimed in claim 6, wherein the two coil ends (16a, b) of a coil (16) exit the winding region (17) at the same limb (14, 15) of one of the winding formers (12a), wherein the first support region (42) is formed on the stator (10) in the circumferential direction, between these coil ends (16a, 16b) of the limbs (14, 15). ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The stator as claimed in claim 7, wherein the mutual axial position of the interconnection device (20) and the coil formers (12a) is secured substantially without play by axial stops (46, 48), which act axially on both sides and are formed by the axial connectors (40, 41). ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) An electric machine (1) comprising a rotor (8) and the stator (10) as claimed in claim 1.