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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12451744-B2
Application number	US-202318299873-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 13, 2023
Priority date	Oct 14, 2020
Publication date	Oct 21, 2025
Grant date	Oct 21, 2025

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

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.

Assignees

• Vitesco Technologies Germany Gmbh

Inventors

• Haas Astrid
• Hackmann Wilhelm

Classifications

• H02K1/20

  with channels or ducts for flow of cooling medium · CPC title

• H02K9/197

  in which the rotor or stator space is fluid-tight, e.g. to provide for different cooling media for rotor and stator · CPC title

• H02K9/19

  for machines with closed casing and closed-circuit cooling using a liquid cooling medium, e.g. oil · CPC title

• H02K5/203

  specially adapted for liquids, e.g. cooling jackets · CPC title

• H02K3/24 Primary

  with channels or ducts for cooling medium between the conductors · CPC title