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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2022
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Tobias Schrenk, Bad Neustadt an der Saale, DE;
Sven Ludsteck, Münnerstadt, DE;
Jürgen Tröster, Dittelbrunn, DE;
Christian Benkert, Ebelsbach, DE;
Georg Riemer, Schweinfurt, DE;
ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
An electric machine with a stator which includes a stator winding system and a connection ring assembly. The connection ring assembly has at least one connection lug for connecting a conductor end section of a conductor element of the stator winding system, and the conductor end section contacts the connection lug. The connection lug has a clamping portion for establishing the contact with the conductor end section, and a fitting portion for producing a fitted connection between the connection lug and the conductor end section. The connection lug has a first width along the circumference of the connection ring assembly in the clamping portion, and a second width along the circumference of the connection ring assembly in the fitted portion, and the first width is smaller than the second width.