In a stator, a stator winding is provided in a stator core and includes phase windings. A neutral-point bus bar is connected to a coil end portion of the stator winding in a radial direction thereof. The coil end portion includes first and second end portions that are joined together. The first tip end portion extends in a fixed direction in the circumferential direction. The second tip end portion extends in a direction opposite the fixed direction in the circumferential direction. The neutral-point bus bar includes a main body portion extending in the circumferential direction and connection portions extending in the radial direction from the main body portion. The connection portions are respectively connected to the phase windings in a state in which the connection portions do not protrude further towards a side opposite the stator core than the main body portion in the axial direction is.

In a stator, a stator winding is provided in a stator core and includes phase windings. A neutral-point bus bar is connected to a coil end portion of the stator winding in a radial direction thereof. The coil end portion includes first and second end portions that are joined together. The first tip end portion extends in a fixed direction in the circumferential direction. The second tip end portion extends in a direction opposite the fixed direction in the circumferential direction. The neutral-point bus bar includes a main body portion extending in the circumferential direction and connection portions extending in the radial direction from the main body portion. The connection portions are respectively connected to the phase windings in a state in which the connection portions do not protrude further towards a side opposite the stator core than the main body portion in the axial direction is.

Methods and systems for cooling an electric motor are provided. An electric motor cooling system, in one example, includes a stator at least partially surrounding a rotor and an inner passage extending axially through the rotor and including an inlet and an outlet. The cooling system further includes an outer passage including an inlet in fluidic communication with the outlet of the inner passage and an outlet in fluidic communication with an inlet of the inner passage and a phase change material in the inner passage and the outer passage.

A motor driving device is a device for driving a motor including stator windings, includes: a connection switching unit that is connected to the stator windings, includes circuits including semiconductor switches, and switches connection condition of the stator windings to either of first connection condition and second connection condition different from the first connection condition by setting the semiconductor switches to ON or OFF; and an inverter that supplies AC drive voltages to the stator windings.

An integrated stator assembly incorporated in an electric motor including a rotor that includes a plurality of rotor magnets, each rotor magnet of the plurality of magnets having a polar axis running from a rotor magnet south pole to a rotor magnet north pole. The assembly comprising a mandrel of dielectric material, wherein the mandrel includes a first cylindrical surface coaxial to an axis of rotation of the rotor, an upper edge, and a lower edge. A plurality of electrically conductive stator windings wound upon the mandrel, each winding of the plurality of windings including a plurality of turns traversing the first cylindrical surface, wherein each turn of the plurality turns further comprises a first upper section disposed on the first cylindrical surface, wherein the first upper section intersects the upper edge of the mandrel, and the first upper section forms a first angle to the axis of rotation.

A method for gel curing a varnish of a stator assembly includes: applying an electrically-insulating material to a plurality of electrical conductors of a stator assembly; monitoring a temperature of the stator assembly using at least one temperature sensor; determining whether the temperature of the stator assembly has reached a target temperature; in response to determining that the temperature of the stator assembly is equal to the target temperature, heating the stator assembly using an induction heating element to maintain the temperature of the stator assembly at the target temperature for a predetermined amount of time; determining whether the temperature of the stator assembly is equal to the final target temperature; in response to determining that the target temperature is not equal to the final target temperature, increasing the target temperature by a predetermined amount of degrees.

A spring clamp for plugging onto an electrical conductor of an electric machine, having a first spring leg and a second spring leg adjoining the first spring leg. The spring legs are arranged and/or formed with respect to one another in such a way that a receiving opening for receiving the electrical conductor is formed between a free first end portion of the first spring leg and a free second end portion of the second spring leg, and the conductor is clamped between the first end portion and the second end portion. The second spring leg has a sensor holder and a spring arm with a press-on tab, a spring force is exerted by way of the spring arm such that a sensor arranged in the sensor holder is fixed in the sensor holder by way of the press-on tab, and the sensor holder is pressed onto the electrical conductor.

A spring clamp for plugging onto an electrical conductor of an electric machine, having a first spring leg and a second spring leg adjoining the first spring leg. The spring legs are arranged and/or formed with respect to one another in such a way that a receiving opening for receiving the electrical conductor is formed between a free first end portion of the first spring leg and a free second end portion of the second spring leg, and the conductor is clamped between the first end portion and the second end portion. The second spring leg has a sensor holder and a spring arm with a press-on tab, a spring force is exerted by way of the spring arm such that a sensor arranged in the sensor holder is fixed in the sensor holder by way of the press-on tab, and the sensor holder is pressed onto the electrical conductor.

A magnetically coupled piston pump includes a piston, a pump body, and a set of drive magnets. The piston includes a set of piston magnets. Each piston magnet has poles arranged along a longitudinal axis of the piston, and each piston magnet is arranged in the piston so that the orientation of the poles of each piston magnet is the opposite of the orientation of each adjacent piston magnet. The piston is disposed in and permitted to move within the pump body. The set of drive magnets is arranged outside the pump body. Each drive magnet corresponds to a piston magnet, has poles arranged along the longitudinal axis, and is arranged so that the orientation of the poles is opposite the orientation of the poles of the corresponding piston magnet. A drive unit is coupled to the drive magnets for moving the drive magnets along the longitudinal axis.

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