Hairpin winding of a stator of an electric motor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12244192-B2
Application number	US-202017765346-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2020
Priority date	Sep 30, 2019
Publication date	Mar 4, 2025
Grant date	Mar 4, 2025

Abstract

A stator for an electric machine is disclosed. The stator has a plurality of pins arranged in slots in the stator on concentric circles at different distances from a center point, each concentric circle forming a layer. Each of six pins in different layers are connected to one another in series and form a winding. A first pin of the winding in a first slot in the 6n-4 layer, n being a natural number, a second pin of the winding in a second slot in the 6n-5 layer, a third pin of the winding in the first slot in the 6n-2 layer, a fourth pin of the winding in the second slot in the 6n-3 layer, a fifth pin in the first slot in the 6n layer, and a sixth pin of the winding in the second slot in the 6n-1 layer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A stator for an electric machine, comprising:
a plurality of pins arranged in slots in the stator on concentric circles at different distances from a stator center point, wherein each concentric circle forms a layer,
wherein each layer is defined by n, wherein n is a natural number;
wherein:
each of six pins of the plurality of pins, in different layers are connected to one another in series and form a winding,
a first pin of the winding is located in a first slot in a 6n-4 layer,
a second pin of the winding is located in a second slot in a 6n-5 layer, wherein the second slot is at a first radial distance from the first slot in a first circumferential direction of the stator,
a third pin of the winding is located in the first slot in a 6n-2 layer,
a fourth pin of the winding is located in the second slot in a 6n-3 layer,
a fifth pin is located in the first slot in a 6n layer, and
a sixth pin of the winding is located in the second slot in a 6n-1 layer.

2. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein the stator has a first front end and a second front end, and
the first pin and the second pin are connected to one another on the second front end by means of a first type of connection,
the second pin and the third pin are connected to one another on the first front end by a second type of connection,
the third pin and the fourth pin are connected to one another on the second front end by a third type of connection,
the fourth pin and the fifth pin are connected to one another on the first front end by a fourth type of connection,
the fifth pin and the sixth pin are connected to one another on the second front end by a fifth type of connection,
wherein the first, second, third, fourth and fifth types of connection differ from one another.

3. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein the stator ( 1 ) has at least two windings and at least the sixth pin in the second slot is connected to a seventh pin ( 27 ) in the 6n-4 layer in a third slot by a sixth type of connection.

4. The stator according to claim 3 , wherein the stator comprises a plurality of windings, which extend over the entire circumference of the stator and thereby form a coil section.

5. The stator according to claim 4 , wherein respectively one pin of three coil sections is connected to one another by seventh type of connection or an eighth type of connection and form a coil.

6. The stator according to claim 5 , wherein the coil sections form six coils and three phases are assigned to them in such a way that two coils, which are assigned to the same phase, are respectively located in three adjacent slots.

7. The stator according to claim 5 , wherein each input of an end pin of two coils is respectively connected to one another by a ninth type of connection.

8. The stator according to claim 7 , wherein each output of an end pin of the two coils is respectively connected to one another and the two coils as a result are connected in parallel, and are assigned to one phase.

9. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein the second type of connection comprises a first double pin, which is formed from the second pin and the third pin, wherein the first double pin has two inwardly bent pin feet with a respective weld point and bridges a first radial distance.

10. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth type of connection comprises a second double pin, which is formed from the fourth pin and the fifth pin, wherein the second double pin has two inwardly bent pin feet with a respective weld point and bridges a first radial distance.

11. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein the sixth type of connection comprises a third double pin, which is formed from the sixth pin and the seventh pin, wherein the second double pin has two outwardly bent pin feet with a respective weld point and bridges a first radial distance.

12. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein the seventh type of connection comprises a fourth double pin, which is formed from a second end pin and a third end pin, wherein the fourth double pin has two outwardly bent pin feet with a respective weld point and bridges a second radial distance.

13. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein the eighth type of connection comprises a fifth double pin, which is formed from a sixth end pin and a seventh end pin, wherein the fifth double pin has two inwardly bent pin feet with a respective weld point and bridges a second radial distance.

14. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein a first single pin comprises a first end pin and has a pin foot which is bent clockwise and has a weld point.

15. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein a second single pin comprises a fifth end pin and has a pin foot which is bent counterclockwise and has a weld point.

16. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein a third single pin comprises a fourth end pin and has a pin foot which is bent counterclockwise and has a weld point.

17. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein a fourth single pin comprises an eighth end pin and has a pin foot which is bent clockwise and has a weld point.

18. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein the first type of connection is formed by a welded connection between a first weld point at the pin foot of the first double pin or of the fifth double pin or of the second single pin and a second weld point at the pin foot of the third double pin or of the fourth double pin or of the first single pin.

19. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein the third type of connection is formed by a welded connection between a third weld point at the pin foot of the first double pin or of the fifth double pin and a fourth weld point at the pin foot of the second double pin or of the third single pin.

20. The stator according to claim 1 , wherein the fifth type of connection is formed by a welded connection between a fifth weld point at the pin foot of the second double pin or of the fourth single pin and a sixth weld point at the pin foot of the third double pin or of the fourth double pin or of the fourth single pin.

Assignees

• Valeo Siemens Eautomotive Germany Gmbh

Inventors

• Dotz Boris
• Finger-Albert Christian

Classifications

• H02K15/085

  by laying conductors into slotted stators · CPC title

• H02K15/065

  Windings consisting of complete sections, e.g. coils or waves · CPC title

• H02K15/064

  Windings consisting of separate segments · CPC title

• H02K3/505

  for large machine windings, e.g. bar windings (H02K3/51 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H02K3/50

  Fastening of winding heads, equalising connectors, or connections thereto · CPC title