Radially adaptable phase lead connection

An electronic package adapted for connection to a rear frame member of an electric machine, the electric machine including a stator having a plurality of stator windings and a rotor rotatable about a central axis, and wherein the electronic package comprises:

• a support structure having opposite first and second axial ends, the first axial end being adapted for engagement with the rear frame member with the support structure circumscribing the central axis, the support structure defining a radially inner wall surface and a radially outer wall surface;
• a plurality of power modules disposed on and circumferentially distributed about the radially outer wall surface, each of the power modules including a power electronics device, each of the power modules including a phase terminal coupled with the power electronics device and disposed radially outwardly of the radially outer wall surface;
• wherein the support structure defines a plurality of voids extending between the radially inner wall surface and the radially outer wall surface, each of the plurality of power modules being positioned proximate a separate one of the plurality of voids;
• and
• a plurality of phase leads, each of the plurality of phase leads extending through one of the plurality of voids and being connected to one of the phase terminals whereby each of the phase terminals is conductively couplable with a respective one of the stator windings of the electrical machine.