The invention relates to an electrically and thermally conductive element (100) comprising:—a wire or ribbon (1) of high-purity aluminium;—a strip (2) of pyrolytic graphite or of graphene extending along the aluminium ribbon (1), said wire or ribbon (1) and the strip (2) being encapsulated together in a sheath (3) of an electrically insulating material.

A stator assembly for use with a brushless geared motor assembly, including: a stack of several steel laminations, each of the steel laminations include several teeth extending inwardly from a yoke portion of each of the steel laminations, wherein an inner shape and an outer shape of each yoke portion have the same polygon shape for both the inner shape and outer shape of the yoke portion.

A stator assembly for use with a brushless geared motor assembly, including: a stack of several steel laminations, each of the steel laminations include several teeth extending inwardly from a yoke portion of each of the steel laminations, wherein an inner shape and an outer shape of each yoke portion have the same polygon shape for both the inner shape and outer shape of the yoke portion.

Electric machine having: a shaft; a rotor with permanent magnets that is fitted to the shaft; a stator having a magnetic core which consists of a series of laminations made of ferromagnetic material and longitudinally crossed by a plurality of stator slots; and a stator winding having a plurality of rigid bars that are inserted in corresponding stator slots and that are covered, on the outside, with an insulating coating. Each stator slot is completely free from an insulating element interposed between the ferromagnetic material making up the laminations of the magnetic core and the corresponding bars, so that an outer surface of the corresponding bars is in direct contact with an inner surface of the stator slot made of the ferromagnetic material.

Electric machine having: a shaft; a rotor with permanent magnets that is fitted to the shaft; a stator having a magnetic core which consists of a series of laminations made of ferromagnetic material and longitudinally crossed by a plurality of stator slots; and a stator winding having a plurality of rigid bars that are inserted in corresponding stator slots and that are covered, on the outside, with an insulating coating. Each stator slot is completely free from an insulating element interposed between the ferromagnetic material making up the laminations of the magnetic core and the corresponding bars, so that an outer surface of the corresponding bars is in direct contact with an inner surface of the stator slot made of the ferromagnetic material.

A plurality of conductive films are arranged so that their thickness directions intersect with respect to a direction of a magnetic flux generated from a plurality of magnetic poles. Each of the plurality of conductive films is configured so that a conductivity in a longitudinal direction is larger than a conductivity in a thickness direction, and a conductivity in a longitudinal direction is larger than a conductivity in a width direction.

The present invention relates to an electric machine (1) having a rotor (3) and a stator (2), wherein the stator (2) and/or the rotor (3) has an electrical plug-in winding (4), which comprises a plurality of rigid insulated electrical conductor elements (5); the conductor elements (5) are arranged in grooves of the stator or of the rotor and their conductor ends (17) project out of the grooves; the conductor ends of the conductor elements (5) are each connected to conductor ends of other conductor elements (5) in order to form the electrical plug-in winding (4); the conductor elements (5) have an electrically insulating insulation sheath (9); characterized in that each conductor element (5) has a multiplicity of flexible fibres (8), in particular of a conductor strand of flexible fibres (8), made of carbon nanotubes or graphene and in that the insulation sheath (9) surrounds the multiplicity of fibres (8) like a hose and is designed in such a way that it gives the electrical conductor element (5) a rigid form.

A stator assembly including a frame structure having a stator teeth being circumferentially distributed around a longitudinal axis, wherein in between respective two neighboring stator teeth there is formed one stator slot; a winding system having a plurality of electric windings, wherein respectively one electric winding is wound around at least one stator tooth and is partially accommodated within two stator slots and each electric winding comprises an end winding portion which axially protrudes from the frame structure; and an insulation arrangement having a plurality of electric insulation devices, each insulation device surrounding a part of one electric winding is provided. Each insulation device includes an inner insulation portion being accommodated within the respective stator slot and an outer insulation portion protruding from the frame structure and surrounding a part of the respective end winding portion. The outer insulation portion includes an outer surface which includes elevated surface portions.

A stator assembly including a frame structure having a stator teeth being circumferentially distributed around a longitudinal axis, wherein in between respective two neighboring stator teeth there is formed one stator slot; a winding system having a plurality of electric windings, wherein respectively one electric winding is wound around at least one stator tooth and is partially accommodated within two stator slots and each electric winding comprises an end winding portion which axially protrudes from the frame structure; and an insulation arrangement having a plurality of electric insulation devices, each insulation device surrounding a part of one electric winding is provided. Each insulation device includes an inner insulation portion being accommodated within the respective stator slot and an outer insulation portion protruding from the frame structure and surrounding a part of the respective end winding portion. The outer insulation portion includes an outer surface which includes elevated surface portions.

A rotating electrical machine includes a rotor and a magnet unit. The rotating electrical machine also includes a cylindrical stator and a housing. The stator is equipped with a stator winding made up of a plurality of phase windings. The stator is arranged coaxially with the rotor and faces the rotor. The housing has the rotor and the stator disposed therein. The rotor includes a cylindrical magnet retainer to which the magnet unit is secured and an intermediate portion which connects between a rotating shaft of the rotor and the magnet retainer and extends in a radial direction of the rotating shaft. A first region located radially inside an inner peripheral surface of a magnetic circuit component made up of the stator and the rotor is greater in volume than a second region between the inner peripheral surface of the magnetic circuit component and the housing in the radial direction.