Stator for an electric machine

Stator for an electric machine, said stator comprising a two-part stator laminate stack for mounting a stator winding, said stator laminate stack consisting of at least two laminate stack parts (21, 22) having self-centering means, said laminate stack parts each consisting of a plurality of laminations (11) and said self-centering means consisting of a plurality of locking joints (18, 19), each of said locking joints consisting of a tab (23) having a first locking element (47) integrally formed on one of the laminations (11) and a receptacle (24) with a second locking element (48) recessed in another of the laminations (11) connected to the one of the laminations (11) having the tab (23) projecting into the receptacle (24) in a plug-in direction, wherein said first locking elements (47) and said second locking elements (48) approximately transversely to respective plug-in directions so that a plurality of receptacles (24) engaged with said tabs (23) of said laminations (11) bearing against one another in an axial direction being permanently formed transversely to said plug-in direction so that contours (31) of said receptacles (24) so engaged project beyond said contours (31) of nondeformed ones of said receptacles (24) in adjacent ones of the laminations (11), said first and second locking elements (47, 48) being pretensioned for mutual gripping said first locking element (47) on each of said tabs (23) having at least one locking nose (27) projecting approximately transversely to said plug-in direction and said second locking element (48) has at least one locking shoulder (28) corresponding to said locking nose (27) on a projection (29) of said lamination (11) having said tab (23) which projects into said receptacle (24).