IP Library Patent Application 18984032
Patent Application
App. No. 18/984,032

ELECTRIC MACHINE HAVING A FASTENING CLIP FOR THERMALLY COUPLING A TEMPERATURE SENSOR TO A STATOR WINDING

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18/984,032
Abstract

An electric machine includes a stator, which has a stator laminated core and a stator winding arranged in the stator laminated core. In addition, the electric machine includes a temperature sensor, which is thermally conductively coupled to the stator winding and is configured to measure a temperature of the stator winding. The thermally conductive coupling is created by a fastening clip with a latching connection, wherein the fastening clip presses the temperature sensor against the stator winding or a heat-conducting element thermally conductively connected to the stator winding. The invention furthermore specifies a vehicle having such an electric machine, and also a method for producing a thermally conductive coupling between a temperature sensor and a stator winding or a heat-conducting element of an electric machine, the heat-conducting element being thermally conductively connected to the stator winding.

Claims (32)

1 . Electric machine, comprising

a stator, which has a stator laminated core with a plurality of stator laminations stacked axially one on the other and a stator winding arranged in the stator laminated core,

a temperature sensor, which is thermally conductively coupled to the stator winding and is configured to measure a temperature of the stator winding,

wherein

the thermally conductive coupling between the temperature sensor and the stator winding is created by a fastening clip with a latching connection and the fastening clip presses the temperature sensor against the stator winding or a heat-conducting element thermally conductively connected to the stator winding.

2 . Electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein

ends of individual sections of the stator winding are electrically connected to a connector, which runs in the form of a ring or in the form of an arc around a stator axis of the stator, and

the heat-conducting element is formed by this connector or comprised by this connector.

3 . Electric machine according to claim 2 , wherein the heat-conducting element has an extension to which the fastening clip is fastened.

4 . Electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein a contact-pressure force generated by the fastening clip lies in a range of from 10 N≤F≤40 N.

5 . Electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening clip has a raised portion, which projects into a recess in the stator winding or the heat-conducting element, or the fastening clip has a recess, into which a raised portion of the stator winding or the heat-conducting element projects.

6 . Electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening clip has a guide for the heat-conducting element.

7 . Electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the temperature sensor is loosely arranged in a recess in the fastening clip or b) is fastened to the fastening clip.

8 . Electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein a cable of the temperature sensor is guided through an opening in the fastening clip, wherein the opening is smaller than an extent of the temperature sensor or a heat-shrink tube mounted on the cable measured transversely to the longitudinal extent of the cable.

9 . Electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein an elastic element is arranged

between the temperature sensor and the fastening clip and/or

between the stator winding or the heat-conducting element and the fastening clip.

10 . Electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening clip is constructed i) in multiple pieces or ii) in one piece.

11 . Electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein two parts of the fastening clip, the parts being pivotable in relation to each other, are connected to each other via a joint.

12 . Electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the fastening clip contains plastic, in particular polyphenylene sulfide.

13 . Vehicle having an electric machine according to claim 1 , which electric machine is provided for driving the vehicle.

14 . Method for producing a thermally conductive coupling between a temperature sensor and a stator winding or a heat-conducting element of an electric machine, in particular an electric machine (according to claim 1 , the heat-conducting element being thermally conductively connected to a stator winding, which method comprises the steps of

arranging the temperature sensor and the stator winding or the heat-conducting element in a fastening clip and

producing the thermally conductive coupling between the temperature sensor and the stator winding or the heat-conducting element by closing the fastening clip, wherein a latching connection of the fastening clip latches in and the fastening clip presses the temperature sensor against the stator winding or the heat-conducting element.

15 . Electric machine according to claim 2 , wherein a contact-pressure force generated by the fastening clip lies in a range of from 10 N≤F≤40 N.

16 . Electric machine according to claim 2 , wherein the fastening clip has a raised portion, which projects into a recess in the stator winding or the heat-conducting element, or the fastening clip has a recess, into which a raised portion of the stator winding or the heat-conducting element projects.

17 . Electric machine according to claim 2 , wherein the fastening clip has a guide for the heat-conducting element.

18 . Electric machine according to claim 2 , wherein the temperature sensor a) is loosely arranged in a recess in the fastening clip or b) is fastened to the fastening clip.

19 . Electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein a cable of the temperature sensor is guided through an opening in the fastening clip, wherein the opening is smaller than an extent of the temperature sensor or a heat-shrink tube mounted on the cable measured transversely to the longitudinal extent of the cable.

20 . Electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein an elastic element is arranged

between the temperature sensor and the fastening clip and/or

between the stator winding or the heat-conducting element and the fastening clip.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 22, 2026
From: VALEO EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH; VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH; SIEMENS AUTOMOTIVE EPOWERTRAIN SYSTEMS GMBH; BLITZ E16-802 GMBH
To: VALEO ELECTRIFICATION
Reel/Frame 076028/0968 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2024
From: CIFTCIOGLU, MERT
To: VALEO EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
Reel/Frame 069611/0870 →