IP Library Granted Patent US 12,368,339
Granted Patent B2
US 12,368,339 · App. 17/795,051 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Contact apparatus of a stator

Inventors: Marco Grimm (Unterschleissheim, DE); Stefan Wuest (Lohr am Main, DE)
Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg
H02K3/522H02K1/146H02K3/28H02K3/50H02K5/225H02K7/14B62D5/04H02K2203/09H02K2213/06H02K2213/12
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Patent No.
US 12,368,339
App. No.
17/795,051
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A contact apparatus of a stator has an annular interconnection housing which receives a number of busbars for interconnecting coil ends of a stator winding to a number of phase connections. The interconnection housing has an annularly encircling base section and a number of carrier sections that correspond to the number of phase connections. The carrier sections extend axially starting from the base section, wherein the respective phase connection has an axially extending contact section and a connecting section that runs orthogonally to the axially extending contact section. The respective phase connection is inserted into the associated carrier section in such a way that an axial movement of the contact section of the respective phase connection is blocked in the direction of the base section and is permitted in the opposite direction.

Claims (20)

1. A contact apparatus for a stator having a stator main body extending along a stator axis, the contact apparatus comprising:

an annular interconnection housing for disposing on an end side onto the stator main body;

a plurality of phase connectors;

a plurality of conductor rails for interconnecting coil ends of a stator winding with said plurality of said phase connectors;

said annular interconnection housing having an annular base portion and a plurality of support portions corresponding to a number of said phase connectors and extend axially starting from said base portion;

a respective phase connector of said phase connectors having an axially extending contact portion and a connecting portion running orthogonally with respect to said axially extending contact portion;

said respective phase connector being inserted into an associated one of said support portions such that an axial movement of said axially extending contact portion of said respective phase connector is blocked in an axial direction toward said base portion and is allowed in an opposite direction away from said base portion;

in relation to a circumferential direction of said annular interconnection housing, a width of said axially extending contact portion being greater than a width of said connecting portion of said respective phase connector;

said support portions each having an axial longitudinal slot formed therein, said axial longitudinal slot being delimited on both sides by portion edges, said axially extending contact portion of said respective phase connector being reached around in regions by said portion edges of said associated one of said support portions;

said connecting portion of said respective phase connector being guided out of a corresponding support portion of said support portions via said axial longitudinal slot;

said connecting portion having a corresponding cutout formed therein; and

a conductor rail of said plurality of conductor rails being connected to said respective phase connector, said conductor rail having a joining end that reaches through said corresponding cutout of said connecting portion of said respective phase connector.

2. The contact apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said support portions are molded onto said base portion of said annular interconnection housing.

3. The contact apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said connecting portion of said respective phase connector bears against said base portion of said annular interconnection housing.

4. The contact apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said axially extending contact portion of said respective phase connector is configured as a clamping contact or insulation displacement contact.

5. A stator for an electric motor, the stator comprising:

a stator main body having a plurality of coils forming a multiphase stator winding, each of said coils having a first and a second axially oriented coil end; and

said contact apparatus according to claim 1 disposed on an end side of said stator main body.

6. An electric motor for a motor vehicle, the electric motor comprising:

said stator according to claim 5 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 4, 2022
From: GRIMM, MARCO; WUEST, STEFAN
To: BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE SE & CO. KOMMANDITGESELLSCHAFT, WUERZBURG
Reel/Frame 061307/0839 →
Priority Claims (3)
DE 10 2020 200 839.6 · Jan 24, 2020 · national
DE 10 2020 202 578.9 · Feb 28, 2020 · national
DE 10 2020 203 875.9 · Mar 25, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230088759A1 · Mar 23, 2023
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