# US 12,191,711 B2 · Stator device for an electric machine, 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 12,191,711 B2 - Document ID: US12191711B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/630,307 - Filed: 2020-07-27 - Published: 2022-08-25 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-07-31 - Assignees: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH - Applicants: Valeo Siemens eAutomotive Germany GmbH - Inventors: Sebastian Waider; Philipp Söntgerath; Nils Krais - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12191711B2 ## CPC - H02K 1/20: with channels or ducts for flow of cooling medium - H02K 5/203: {specially adapted for liquids, e.g. cooling jackets} - H02K 5/20: with channels or ducts for flow of cooling medium - H02K 2213/03: Machines characterised by numerical values, ranges, mathematical expressions or similar information - 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 device (2) for an electric machine (1), comprising —a stator body (3), —a plurality of cooling channels (9a-9x) that are designed to cool the stator body (3) and extend along the stator body (3) in an axial direction, and —a cooling fluid connection device (7) that delimits a connection channel (12) axially outwards and in a radial manner, said connection channel extending in the circumferential direction, wherein the axial end of each cooling channel opens into the connection channel, and the connection channel extends radially inwards further than the cooling channels (9a-9x). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A stator device for an electric machine, comprising: a stator body; a plurality of cooling channels: configured to cool the stator body, extend parallel to an axis of the stator body, and wherein a cross-sectional area of each one of the cooling channels is asymmetric to the axis of the stator body; and a cooling fluid connection device: that axially outwardly and radially delimits a circumferentially extending connection channel, wherein a cross-sectional area of the connection channel is continuous and symmetric to the axis of the stator body, into which a respective axial end of the cooling channels opens, and wherein the connection channel extends radially further inward than the cooling channels. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The stator device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cross-sectional area of the connection channel is perpendicular to a circumferential direction and wherein the cross-sectional area of each one of the cooling channels is perpendicular to the circumferential direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The stator device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the cross-sectional area of the connection channel is at least 0.3 times the cross-sectional area of each one of the cooling channels. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The stator device as claimed in claim 2, wherein a ratio of a square of the cross-sectional area of the connection channel to an inner circumference of the connection channel is at least 0.1 times a sum of a ratio of the square of the cross-sectional area of each one of the cooling channels to an axial length of a cooling channel across all cooling channels. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The stator device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a transition between each one of the plurality cooling channels and the connection channel is stepped or beveled in an axial direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The stator device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cross-sectional area of each one of the cooling channels is notch-shaped. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The stator device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a number of the cooling channels is at least forty-eight. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The stator device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: a stator housing which houses the stator body, wherein the cooling channels are formed between the stator body and the stator housing. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The stator device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the cooling channels are delimited: by radial recesses extending parallel to the axis of the stator body and by a cylindrical lateral surface of the stator housing, or by radial recesses extending parallel to the axis of the stator housing and by a cylindrical lateral surface of the stator body. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The stator device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the cooling fluid connection device is integrally formed with the stator housing. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The stator device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cooling fluid connection device is integrally formed with an end shield of the stator device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The stator device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cooling fluid connection device is configured as an attachment part attached to: the stator body, or a plurality of end laminations of a laminated stator core. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The stator device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cooling fluid connection device has an inlet which leads radially outward. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The stator device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a further cooling fluid connection device: that axially outwardly and radially delimits a circumferentially extending further connection channel, into which a respective other axial end of the cooling channels opens, and wherein the connection channel extends radially further inward than the cooling channels. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) An electric machine, comprising: a stator device as claimed in claim 1; and a rotor arranged within the stator device.