Stator for an electric machine of a motor vehicle having a cooling duct in a laminated core

A stator for an electric machine of a motor vehicle, the stator comprising:

• a laminated core in which there extends a cooling duct that is configured to flow a cooling fluid for cooling the stator;
• a winding that is retained on the laminated core and has an end winding;
• and
• a ring that adjoins the laminated core at least partially in an axial direction of the stator, wherein:
• the ring has a guide duct that is fluidically connected to the cooling duct,
• the guide duct is configured to flow the cooling fluid from the cooling duct,
• the guide duct has a first outlet opening directed toward the end winding,
• the first outlet opening is configured to discharge the cooling fluid from the ring and to spray the cooling fluid onto the end winding,
• the cooling duct has a meandering shape arranged partially in the laminated core and partially in the ring,
• the meandering shape comprises a meander,
• a first length region of the meander is configured to flow the cooling fluid in a first direction parallel to the axial direction of the stator,
• a second length region of the meander is configured to flow the cooling fluid in a second direction parallel to the axial direction of the stator,
• the second direction is opposite to the first direction, and
• the second length region adjoins the first length region.