Drive device having a brushless electric motor

An electric motor (3)comprising:

• a stator including a stator winding and a stator body provided with a number of stator teeth arranged in a star formation, wherein the stator winding is wound around the number of stator teeth and includes a number of phase connections;
• a rotor provided with a rotor shaft;
• motor electronics including a printed circuit board;
• and a guide element,
• wherein a number of phase connections of the stator winding are guided into a joining position, and
• wherein the printed circuit board includes a number of connection sockets configured to receive the number of phase connections.

An electric motor for use in a motor vehicle, the electric motor comprising:

• a stator including,
• a stator body defining a central axis and provided with a number of stator teeth arranged in a star formation, and
• a stator winding wound around the number of stator teeth and provided with a number of phase connections;
• a printed circuit board forming number of phase connection configured to receive the number of phase connections;
• and
• a sleeve-shaped guide element extending from an end face of the stator body, wherein an outer circumference of the guide element forms a number of reception grooves configured to receive sections of the number of phase connections, wherein the number of reception grooves extend in a direction oblique to the central axis.