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US 12,451,744 · App. 18/299,873 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Stator with integrated cooling function, method for producing a stator, and electric machine

Inventors: Astrid Haas (Falkensee, DE); Wilhelm Hackmann (Berlin, DE)
Assignee: Vitesco Technologies Germany GmbH
H02K3/24H02K1/20H02K9/197
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Patent No.
US 12,451,744
App. No.
18/299,873
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A stator for an electric machine of a motor vehicle, having an annular yoke, with an inner side directed inwards in the radial direction of the yoke, wherein a plurality of pole teeth are connected by form fit to the yoke on the inner side of the yoke, a stator winding which is formed as a mat and which is arranged between the pole teeth, a first cooling channel through which a cooling medium may flow and which extends in the longitudinal direction of the stator, wherein the first cooling channel is arranged in a recess, and a second cooling channel through which a cooling medium may flow, wherein the second cooling channel is arranged between two adjacent pole teeth between an inner side of the stator winding directed inwards in the radial direction of the stator and a pole shoe of the pole tooth.

Claims (30)

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

an annular yoke, with an inner side directed inwards in the radial direction of the annular yoke;

a plurality of pole teeth are connected by form fit to the annular yoke on the inner side of the annular yoke, and the plurality of pole teeth are spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction of the annular yoke;

a stator winding which is formed as a mat and which is arranged between each of the plurality of pole teeth;

a first cooling channel through which a cooling medium may flow and which extends in the longitudinal direction of the stator; and

a recess which, starting from the inner side of the annular yoke, extends outwards between two adjacent pole teeth in the radial direction of the annular yoke, and the first cooling channel is arranged in the recess such that the first cooling channel rests at least in portions directly against a wall defining the recess and/or in portions directly against the stator winding;

wherein the first cooling channel is guided starting from the recess into a space between the pole teeth.

2. The stator of claim 1 , wherein the first cooling channel is guided as far as the inner side of the annular yoke.

3. The stator of claim 1 , wherein the stator winding is formed in multiple layers relative to the radial direction of the stator, and is formed in a single layer between two pole teeth relative to the circumferential direction of the stator.

4. The stator of claim 1 , wherein the first cooling channel is connected at the end side of the stator to a first annular channel.

5. The stator of claim 1 , wherein the first cooling channel is formed from a plastics material.

6. The stator of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of pole teeth are connected to the annular yoke via a dovetail connection.

7. The stator of claim 1 , wherein the recess, relative to the cross-section of the annular yoke, is designed to widen outwards in a radial direction starting from the inner side.

8. A method for producing a stator, comprising the steps of:

providing an annular yoke, with an inner side directed inwards in the radial direction of the annular yoke;

providing a plurality of pole teeth are connected by form fit to the annular yoke on the inner side of the annular yoke, and the plurality of pole teeth are spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction of the annular yoke;

providing a stator winding which is formed as a mat and which is arranged between each of the plurality of pole teeth;

providing a first cooling channel through which a cooling medium may flow and which extends in the longitudinal direction of the stator; and

providing a recess which, starting from the inner side of the annular yoke, extends outwards between two adjacent pole teeth in the radial direction of the annular yoke;

arranging the first cooling channel in the recess such that the first cooling channel rests at least in portions directly against a wall defining the recess and/or in portions directly against the stator winding, and the first cooling channel is guided starting from the recess into a space between the pole teeth;

forming the first cooling channel by an overmolding process and/or a transfer molding process.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising the step of forming the first cooling channel on the annular yoke after the pole teeth comprising the stator winding have been arranged by a form fit.

10. An electric machine, comprising:

a stator, the stator further comprising:

an annular yoke, with an inner side directed inwards in the radial direction of the annular yoke;

a plurality of pole teeth are connected by form fit to the annular yoke on the inner side of the annular yoke, and the plurality of pole teeth are spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction of the annular yoke;

a stator winding which is formed as a mat and which is arranged between each of the plurality of pole teeth;

a first cooling channel through which a cooling medium may flow and which extends in the longitudinal direction of the stator; and

a recess which, starting from the inner side of the annular yoke, extends outwards between two adjacent pole teeth in the radial direction of the annular yoke, and the first cooling channel is arranged in the recess such that the first cooling channel rests at least in portions directly against a wall defining the recess and/or in portions directly against the stator winding;

wherein the first cooling channel is guided starting from the recess into a space between the pole teeth.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2023
From: HAAS, ASTRID; HACKMANN, WILHELM, DR
To: VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GERMANY GMBH
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Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2020 212 923.1 · Oct 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2021078382 · Oct 14, 2021
Related Publication 20230253844A1 · Aug 10, 2023
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