EP4338257A1

EP4338257A1 - Stator body for an axial flux electric machine

Info

Publication number: EP4338257A1
Application number: EP22729503.7A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Jere Kolehmainen
Original assignee: Renault SAS; Whylot SAS
Current assignee: Ampere Sas; Whylot SAS
Priority date: 2021-05-14
Filing date: 2022-05-13
Publication date: 2024-03-20
Also published as: WO2022238570A1; CN117652078A; FR3122953A1; FR3122953B1

Abstract

The invention relates to a stator body for an axial flux electric machine, comprising: - a plate (100) in the form of a ring centred on a longitudinal axis (A1), the plate comprising an upper face (101) and at least one upper relief (110) protruding from the upper face; - teeth (200), at least one of which comprises a lower relief (210), a first side (211) of which has a shape complementary to that of a part of the upper relief, the upper relief being interlocked with the lower relief. According to the invention, the body comprises a locking element (300) that extends next to the upper face of the plate and is interposed between the tooth and the plate so as to immobilize the upper relief in the position in which it is interlocked with the lower relief, and blocking means (400) blocking the position of the locking element with respect to the plate.

Description

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TITLE OF THE INVENTION: STATOR BODY FOR ELECTRIC AXIAL FLOW MACHINE

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention generally relates to the field of electrical machines. [0002] It relates more particularly to a stator body for an axial flux electrical machine comprising:

- a ring-shaped tray centered on a longitudinal axis, the tray comprising an upper face and at least one upper relief projecting from the upper face; - teeth of which at least one comprises a lower relief, a first side of which has a shape complementary to that of a part of the upper relief, the upper relief being nested in the lower relief.

The invention finds a particularly advantageous application in electric or hybrid motor vehicles. [0004] It also relates to a stator comprising such a stator body as well as a method for assembling such a stator body.

STATE OF THE ART

[0005] A conventional stator body of an axial flux electrical machine comprises a generally annular plate and teeth distributed circumferentially on an upper face of the plate. To make a stator from this body, coils of conductive wire are arranged around the teeth. Under the effect of electric currents, the coils generate magnetic fields allowing the stator to set a rotor in motion.

[0006] One way to simplify the winding of the conductive wire around the teeth is to make the plate and the teeth separately, then to wind the conductive wire around each tooth and finally to fix the teeth to the plate. To improve the attachment of the teeth to the tray, each tooth may have a relief designed to fit into another relief of partially complementary shape located on the upper face of the tray. [0007] In particular, document WO2017/121941 discloses a stator body whose plate has a plurality of radial grooves and in which each tooth has a rib adapted to fit into one of the radial grooves. 2

Each tooth is then linked to the chainring by a sliding link forming a dovetail assembly.

[0008] However, so that the teeth can be put in place (for example their radial insertion in the case of the document cited above), the reliefs of the teeth and those of the plate must then fit together, which requires providing a slight assembly play. The fit cannot therefore be as tight as necessary. The stator body thus obtained is not as rigid as desired in the sense that the teeth can indeed undergo small displacements since their fixing to the plate presents a slight play. PRESENTATION OF THE INVENTION

[0009] In order to remedy the aforementioned drawback of the state of the art, the present invention proposes a stator body as defined in the introduction, in which it is provided that the body comprises a locking element extending opposite the upper face of the plate and interposed between the tooth and the plate so as to immobilize the upper relief in the nested position in the lower relief and that the body comprises blocking means blocking the position of the locking element by relative to the board.

[0010] Thus, thanks to the invention, the lower relief of the tooth is held firmly embedded in the upper relief of the tray by the locking element. By blocking the locking element relative to the plate, the blocking means prevent the dissociation of the upper relief and the lower relief. The stator body is then rigid in the sense that it is impossible to move the tooth relative to the plate, even slightly.

[0011] The invention makes it possible in particular to obtain a compact and rigid stator body without having to use either glue or welding. Of course, bonding or welding operations could then be implemented to apply to the stator body a product making it possible to increase the thermal conductivity between the components of the stator.

[0012] Other advantageous and non-limiting characteristics of the stator body according to the invention, taken individually or in all technically possible combinations, are as follows:

- the locking element is designed, before assembly, to pivot relative to the plate between a released position in which the tooth is movable relative to the 3 plate and a blocking position in which the locking element immobilizes the upper relief by keeping it nested in the lower relief, the locking means being adapted to maintain the locking element in the locking position;

- the locking means comprise at least one of the following elements: a screw, a locking device;

- the locking element comprises a notch in which the upper relief and the lower relief are located, the notch having a lateral edge forming with the lower relief and the upper relief a dovetail assembly in which the lower relief constitutes a tenon and in which the lateral edge of the notch and the upper relief constitute a mortise;

- the upper relief comprises an upper rib and the lower relief comprises a lower rib;

- the upper rib and the lower rib each have a uniform profile in a radial direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis;

- the upper relief has a main surface oriented towards the plate and the lower relief has a first surface oriented towards the tooth, the main surface being in contact with the first surface;

- the body comprises a wall rising from a peripheral edge of the plate, on the side of its upper face, the wall having a groove part of which extends in length along an axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, the the locking element having a peripheral relief which is inserted into the part of the groove;

- the tooth comprises a lower part at the level of the lower relief and an upper part opposite the lower part, the tooth comprising, at the upper part level, lateral ribs located on either side of the tooth in one direction orthoradial orthogonal to the longitudinal axis.

The invention also prose a stator comprising a stator body as described above and conductive wire windings carried by the teeth.

The invention also proposes a method for assembling a stator as described above comprising the following steps:

- positioning of the locking element on the upper face of the plate;

- positioning of the tooth so that the upper relief fits into the lower relief; 4

- movement of the locking element relative to the plate;

- blocking of the locking element relative to the plate by means of the blocking means.

[0015] Thus, thanks to the invention, the tooth can be easily positioned relative to the plate. Then its position is locked by moving and locking the locking element. Indeed, before moving the locking element, the space available around the upper relief of the plate makes it easy to nest the lower relief of the tooth there. The nesting is then maintained by the locking element which is moved and then blocked. [0016] In practice, the stator body has a plurality of teeth. Once each tooth is positioned, moving and locking the locking element secures all the teeth at the same time. The teeth therefore do not need to be fixed one by one, which facilitates the industrialization of the process.

Of course, the different characteristics, variants and embodiments of the invention can be associated with each other in various combinations insofar as they are not incompatible or exclusive of each other.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The following description with reference to the accompanying drawings, given by way of non-limiting examples, will make it clear what the invention consists of and how it can be implemented.

[0019] In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a schematic exploded perspective view of a stator body part according to the invention; [0021] Figure 2 is a schematic assembled view of the stator body part of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a schematic exploded perspective view of part of a plate and a locking element according to a first embodiment of the invention; Figure 4 is a schematic exploded perspective view of part of a plate and a locking element according to a second embodiment of the invention;

[0024] Figure 5 is a schematic sectional view of a stator body part 5 of Figure 1 during its assembly;

[0025] Figure 6 is a schematic sectional view of the stator body part of Figure 5 at the end of its assembly.

In Figure 1, there is shown, in exploded view, part of a body 1 of the stator according to the invention. This same part of the body 1 is shown assembled in Figure 2.

[0027] This stator body is intended to be assembled in an axial flux electric machine, in this case a motor for propelling an electric vehicle.

[0028] Such an electric machine comprises at least one rotor and at least one stator. In practice, it more generally comprises a rotor situated between two stators.

The rotor generally comprises a ring-shaped body which houses a plurality of magnetic pole elements having the same function as permanent magnets.

[0030] These elements with magnetic poles consist of magnetic blocks arranged side-by-side so as to form together a sort of ring in the rotor. These elements with magnetic poles preferably consist of small assembled permanent magnets.

On their sides, the stators have the shape of flattened rings and are equipped, on their faces located on the side of the rotor, with teeth around which windings of electrically conductive wires are wound. When these windings are supplied with electric current, they make it possible to generate a magnetic field so as to make the rotor turn.

The stators are generally identical.

[0033] Here, the body 1 of each stator comprises:

- a tray 100;

- a plurality of teeth 200;

- a locking element 300;

- blocking means 400.

This body 1, which is more specifically the subject of the present invention, comprises a plurality of teeth 200 regularly distributed around a longitudinal axis A1.

In Figures 1 and 2, there is shown an angular sector only of the 6 body 1 of the stator, which includes only one tooth. Only one of the teeth 200 will be described below. Here, all the angular portions forming the body 1 of the stator are identical.

Each tooth 200 generally has a lower face 220 facing the side of the plate 100, an upper face facing the opposite, and a peripheral face 230 oriented opposite the longitudinal axis A1.

The plate 100 has a ring shape centered on a longitudinal axis A1. The plate 100 here comprises a circular central recess. Here, the tray more specifically has the overall shape of a flattened ring whose thickness is less than the diameter. Here, the radial section 103 in a plane containing the longitudinal axis A1 is rectangular as shown in Figure 1.

The plate 100 is for example made of aluminum, steel or cast iron. Here, the tray 100 is made by molding. As a variant, the plate 100 can be made by spirally winding a magnetically conductive metal sheet whose thickness is for example between 0.2 mm and 0.5 mm. The sheet can be grain oriented or grain non-oriented.

The plate 100 comprising an upper face 101 (facing the rotor). The upper face 101 is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis A1. The tray further comprises a lower face 102 opposite and parallel to the upper face 101. The thickness of the tray 100, that is to say its dimension along the longitudinal axis A1 between the upper face 101 and the lower face 102 , is for example between 5 mm and 30 mm. The diameter of the plate 100 is preferably between 10 cm and 50 cm.

As shown in Figure 1, the tray 100 comprises, extending projecting from its upper face 101, an upper relief 110. As described in detail below, the upper relief 110 is designed to cooperate with the tooth 200. Thus, the plate 100 here comprises a plurality of upper reliefs 110, only one of which is represented in FIGS. 1 to 6, each upper relief 110 belonging to an angular portion of the plate 100 and being associated with one of the teeth 200 [0041] The upper relief 110 is here made in one piece with the plate 100 during molding. The upper relief 110 is therefore not attached to the plate 100. With the exception of the upper relief 110, the upper face 101 here is substantially flat. As clearly shown in Figure 1, the upper relief 110 here forms a straight rib. The upper relief 110 here extends longitudinally in 7 a radial direction A2 perpendicular to the longitudinal axis A1 (the radial direction A2 appears clearly on the sectional views in Figures 5 and 6). The upper relief 110 can also extend in a direction parallel to but distinct from the radial direction A2, or even in an inclined manner with respect to this radial direction. As a variant, the upper relief 110 can extend in a non-rectilinear way, for example in a sinusoidal way.

[0043] Here, as illustrated in Figure 1, the upper relief 110 has a uniform profile in the direction in which it extends. This means here that the section of the upper relief 110 by an orthoradial plane perpendicular to the radial direction A2 (such a plane is for example the plane of FIGS. 5 and 6) is constant over the entire length of the upper relief 110. An orthoradial section of the upper relief 110 is visible here in Figures 5 and 6. Alternatively, the upper relief may have a variable section.

It will be noted below that an orthoradial direction is defined as perpendicular to a main axis and to a radius starting from this axis.

The upper relief 110 has a main surface 111 extending opposite the upper face 101, that is to say oriented towards the plate 100, and inclined. The main surface 111 is arranged such that a direction normal to the main surface 111 and oriented towards the outside of the upper relief 110 intersects the plane defined by the upper face 101.

The tooth 200 generally has the shape of a right prism, of trapezoidal section in a plane orthogonal to the longitudinal axis A1. As shown in Figures 1 and 2, tooth 200 is fabricated from a stack of planar sections of sheet metal. The sheet can be grain oriented or non-grain oriented steel.

As shown in Figure 1, the tooth 200 comprises a lower part, called base 201, extending opposite the plate 100 and an upper part 202 rising from the base 201 along the longitudinal axis A1 . The upper part 202 is therefore located opposite the base 201 along the longitudinal axis A1. The upper part 202 is thinner than the base 201 and is intended to carry a winding of conductive wire. Tooth 200 here presents a plane of radial symmetry.

For its assembly to the plate 100, the tooth 200 comprises a lower relief 210. The lower relief 210 is here located at the level of the base 201. The lower relief 210 more specifically protrudes from the lower face 220 of the 8 tooth 200, which here extends parallel to the upper face 101 of the plate 100. [0049] As clearly seen in the exploded view of FIG. the upper relief 110 of the plate 100. For this, the lower relief 210 comprises a first side 211 which has a shape complementary to the shape of the upper relief 110. The lower relief 210 also comprises a second side 212 opposite the first side 211.

As shown in Figures 2 and 6, once the tooth 200 mounted on the plate 100, the lower relief 210 is nested, here by its first side 211, in the upper relief 110. The nesting reduces the number of degrees of freedom of the movement of the lower relief 210 relative to the upper relief 110 and therefore also of the movement of the position of the tooth 200 relative to the plate 100.

The first side 211 of the lower relief 210 here defines a first surface extending opposite the base 201 of the tooth 200, that is to say oriented towards the tooth 200, and in an inclined manner. The first surface of the lower relief 210 is substantially identical to a part of the main surface 111 of the upper relief 110. Thus, when the lower relief 210 and the upper relief 110 are nested, the first surface is here entirely in contact with the main surface 111. As shown in Figures 1 and 2, the lower relief 210 here forms a rectilinear rib. The lower relief 210 extends here in the radial direction A2 perpendicular to the longitudinal axis A1. The lower relief 210 can also extend in a direction parallel to the radial direction A2. As a variant, the lower relief can extend in a non-rectilinear way, for example in a sinusoidal way. In general, the lower relief 210 extends in the same way as the upper relief 110. The lower relief 210 and the upper relief 110 here both forming rectilinear ribs in the radial direction A2, the term "nested means in particular here that the upper relief 110 and the lower relief 210 are linked in such a way that a translation of the tooth 200 relative to the plate 100 in the longitudinal direction A1 is impossible except for additional lateral displacement of the tooth 200.

Here, as illustrated in Figure 1, the lower relief 210 has a uniform profile in the direction in which it extends, that is to say here in the radial direction A2. This means here that the section of the lower relief 210 by an orthoradial plane perpendicular to the radial direction A2 is constant over the entire 9 lower relief length 210.

As shown for example in Figures 5 and 6, the orthoradial section of the lower relief 210 here has the overall shape of a trapezium and more particularly an isosceles trapezium. The large base of the trapezoid is here in contact with the upper face 101 of the plate 100. The small base of the trapezium forms the junction with the base 201 of the tooth 200. Alternatively, the section of the lower relief may have another shape, for example an ovoid shape.

Here, the ribs formed by the lower relief 210 and the upper relief 110 are of the same lengths. Alternatively, they could have different lengths. In particular, provision could be made for the lower relief 210 to have a length less than that of the upper relief 110.

The objective will then be to maintain the lower relief 210 and the upper relief 110 nested.

For this, as shown in Figure 2, it is expected that the locking element 300 extends against the upper face 101 of the plate 100. Here, the locking element 300 has the shape of a disc whose diameter is substantially identical to that of the upper face 101. Here, the locking element extends radially towards the longitudinal axis A1 as far as the circular central recess of the plate 100. The thickness of the locking element 300 is here lower than that of the 100 plate.

As shown in Figure 2, the locking element 300 is interposed between the tooth 200 and the plate 100. The locking element 300 is thus both in contact with the tooth 200, more specifically with the base 201 of the tooth 200, and with the plate 100. As shown in Figures 2, 5 and 6, the locking element 300 is here sandwiched between the plate 100 and the tooth 200 along the longitudinal axis A1. This means that an upper point of contact between the locking element 300 and the tooth 200 is aligned along the longitudinal axis A1 with a lower point of contact between the locking element 300 and the plate 100. In other terms, the plate 100, the locking element 300 and the tooth 200 form a stack along the longitudinal axis A1.

The locking element 300 is more specifically interposed between the lower face 220 of the tooth 200 and the upper face 101 of the plate 100. The locking element 300 extends here in a plane parallel to that of the plate 10

100 and more particularly to that of the main face 101 of the plate 100.

When the stator body 1 is assembled, as is the case in Figures 2 and 6, the locking element 300 is positioned so as to maintain, that is to say here to immobilize, the relief upper 110 nested in the lower relief 210. Here, this means in particular that the locking element 300 opposes a separation of the lower relief 210 and the upper relief 110 according to an orthoradial direction, for example according to the orthoradial direction A3 represented in figure 1.

This position of the locking element 300, when the stator body 1 is assembled, is subsequently called the blocking position. The blocking position, represented in FIG. 6, is characterized by the fact that the lower relief 210 is immobilized between the upper relief 110 of the plate 100 and the locking element 300, that is to say here pinched or clamped between the upper relief 110 and the locking element 300. The radial retention of the lower relief 110, and therefore of the tooth 200, is here ensured by the pinching of the lower relief 110, that is to say by friction forces and by the shape of the locking element 300 (in particular by the notch 310 and/or by the locking element 300 described below).

[0064] The locking element 300 is designed to pivot relative to the plate 100 between the locking position and a released position in which the tooth 200 is movable relative to the plate 100. The term "mobile" here means that the relief lower 210 can be placed in contact with or separated from the upper relief 110. The locking element 300 is here more specifically designed to perform a rotational movement around the longitudinal axis A1. The locking element 300 is thus movable in the plane along which it extends, that is to say the plane parallel to the plate 100.

In the released position, a free space, located opposite the upper face 111 of the upper relief 110, makes it possible to nest the lower relief 210 and the upper relief 110. In the released position, the tooth 200 is therefore movable relative to the plate 100 in the sense that it can be mounted on or removed from the plate 100. The locking element 300 here comprises a through notch 310, with a closed outline. The notch 310, which is for example shown in Figure 1, accommodates the upper relief 110 and the lower relief 210. Here, the notch 310 completely surrounds the reliefs 110, 210 in the plane of the locking element 300, that is to say here in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis A1. The notch 310 11 has a length, in a radial direction, greater than that of the upper relief 110.

Alternatively, the notch may surround the reliefs only partially, for example by having a U-shaped outline open towards the periphery of the body. The locking element then has a star shape with a hub from which extends a plurality of branches. Still as a variant or in addition, the notch may have a U-shaped outline open towards the longitudinal axis A1.

The notch 310 includes a side edge 311 which, in the locking position, is in contact with the lower relief 210 of the tooth 200. As shown for example in Figure 5, the side edge 311 has a complementary shape of the shape of the second side 211 of the lower relief 210. Thus, here, the side edge 311, the lower relief 210 and the upper relief 110 form a dovetail assembly as shown in section in FIG. 6. In this assembly , the lower relief 210 constitutes a tenon and the side edge 311 and the upper relief 110 constitute a mortise.

The locking element 300 is preferably made of a non-magnetic material. The locking element 300 is for example made of non-magnetic stainless steel, aluminum or a composite material. Preferably, the locking element is made of an alloy of aluminum and silicon to present both high strength and lightness. Here, the locking element 300 is made by molding. As a variant, the locking element 300 could be made from a thick metal strip (by machining or stamping) or from several superimposed metal sheets. It could also be made by rolling up a metal sheet and then gluing or welding the sheet.

Here, the locking element 300 comprises a plurality of notches 310, each notch 310 being associated with one of the upper reliefs 110 of the body 1. The notches 300 are for example made by stamping or are for example directly molded during the manufacture of the disc. [0071] Keying means are preferably provided making it possible to ensure, when mounting the locking element 300 on the plate 100, that this element is indeed resting against the plate.

In embodiments shown in Figures 3 and 4, the body 1 comprises a wall 120 which borders the plate 100. The wall 120, here in the form 12 cylindrical, rises from a peripheral edge 104 of the plate 100. The wall 120 rises here on the side of the upper face 101. The wall 120 is here designed to be at least partially in contact with the peripheral face 230 from tooth 200 (although this feature is not necessarily used). The wall 120 which borders the plate 100 has, recessed in its inner face oriented towards the longitudinal axis A1, at least one L-shaped groove 121, of which a first vertical part 123 extends from the upper edge of the wall 120 and of which a second horizontal part 122 extends from the lower end of the vertical part 123, orthogonal to the longitudinal axis A1. In these embodiments shown in Figures 3 and 4, provision is made for the locking element 300 to comprise at least one peripheral relief 320 which projects from its peripheral edge 304 and which is inserted in the groove 121. When the locking element 300 is in the locking position, the peripheral relief 320 is inserted into the horizontal part 123 of the groove 121. This insertion keeps the locking element 300 pressed against the upper face 101.

[0075] Once the locking element 300 is in the locking position on the plate 100, it is necessary to lock the rotational mobility of this element around the longitudinal axis A1 in order to ensure that the lower relief 210 remains blocked between the side edge 311 of the notch 310 and the main face 111 of the upper rib 110 of the plate 100.

The locking means 400 employees for this purpose can be of all kinds. The locking means 400 can for example be attached to the plate 100 and/or the locking element 300. The locking means 400 can also be manufactured in one piece with the plate 100 and/or the locking element 300.

In all cases, the blocking means 400 here make it possible to fix the locking element 300 in the blocking position, that is to say here to prevent the pivoting of the locking element 300 of the locking position to the released position.

Different embodiments of the locking means 400 are for example shown schematically in Figures 3 to 6.

In a first embodiment shown in Figures 3, 5 and 6, the locking means 400 comprise at least one screw 401. Figures 3 and 5 do not 13 not representing the screw 401 itself but illustrate a thread 402 provided for screwing the latter.

[0080] Here, as shown in Figure 6, the thread 402 is provided in the locking element 300 and a hole 403 is provided in the plate so that the screw 401, here its head, passes through the plate 100. Conversely, alternatively, the thread can be provided in the plate and the screw can pass through the locking element. Here, the screw 401 is screwed along the longitudinal axis A1.

[0081] The tapped hole and the orifice are located so as to align exactly or substantially when the locking element is in the locking position, so that the screw 402 then makes it possible to maintain the locking element 300 plated against the upper face 101.

[0082] Preferably, as shown in Figure 6, this alignment is not exact and the head of the screw is conical, so that the screwing of the screw makes it possible to constrain the lateral edge 311 of the notch 310 against the upper rib 110 of the plate 100, which ensures the complete blocking of the locking element 300 and of the tooth 200 with respect to the plate 100.

In a second embodiment shown in Figure 4, the locking means comprise a latching device 404, 405. The latching device 404, 405 allows the pivoting of the locking element 300 from the released position to the locked position but, once engaged, prevents it from pivoting from the locked position to the released position.

The ratchet device 404, 405 comprises a recessed relief 404 and a projecting relief 405 arranged to fit into the recessed relief 404. Here, the recessed relief 404 is located on the plate 100 and the projecting relief 405 is located on the locking element 300. Conversely, alternatively, the projecting relief can be located on the plate and the recessed relief on the locking element. Still as a variant, the snap device can be arranged between the locking element and the wall.

Here, the projecting relief 405 is formed by a notch in the locking element 300, that is to say by a partial cutout of the locking element 300 along its thickness. The cut portion is then twisted out of the plane of the locking element 300.

In these two embodiments, to reduce the stresses exerted on them, the blocking means 400 are positioned at the periphery of the 14 body 1. The locking means 400 can for example comprise a single screw 401 or a single clip 405. Preferably, the locking means 400 are multiple and distributed in several places of the body 1.

As a variant of these embodiments, the locking means could consist of a variable thickness of the locking element at the level of the notches so that by pivoting the locking element from the released position to the locked position , the lateral edge of the notch is engaged in force between the base of the tooth and the plate. Still as a variant, the locking means could comprise a thread made in the central bore of the plate and a threaded central pin projecting under the locking element, which would make it possible to screw these two elements into each other. The blocking means 400 could also be included in a part external to the stator.

Still as a variant, the blocking means could be formed by areas of the edge of the locking element 300 deformed locally. According to another variant, the blocking means could be formed by an adhesive or by spot welds.

Whatever the embodiment used, in the locking position, a channel 500 is defined between the base 201 of the tooth 200, the plate 100 and the locking element 300. As shown in FIG. 6, this channel 500 constitutes free space. Advantageously, it is here provided to circulate in this channel 500 a cooling liquid, for example oil, when the stator is in operation to reduce its heating.

[0091] As a variant, this channel 500 could be filled with glue or a varnish or any other material providing good thermal conductivity and making it possible to achieve better blocking of the locking element 300.

[0092] Whatever the embodiment used, lateral ribs 203, represented for example in FIG. 1, are here provided on either side, in an orthoradial direction A3 orthogonal to the longitudinal axis A1 and to the radial direction A2, of the upper part 202 of the tooth 200. The lateral ribs 203 extend facing other lateral ribs 203 of the other teeth 200. The lateral ribs 203 facilitate the circulation of the magnetic flux between the teeth 200 and the rotor, thus improving the performance of the stator.

We can now describe the method of assembling the body 1 of the stator. According to the invention, this method mainly comprises the following steps: 15

- positioning of the locking element 300 on the upper face 101 of the plate 100;

- positioning of the tooth 200 so that the lower relief 210 fits into the upper relief 110; - displacement of the locking element 300 relative to the plate 100;

- locking of the locking element 300 relative to the plate 100 by means of the locking means 400.

[0094] During the step of positioning the locking element 300, the latter is attached against the upper face 101, in the released position. In the embodiments represented in FIGS. 3 and 4, during this step, the projecting relief 320 on the locking element 300 is inserted into the vertical part 123 of the groove 121 and slides in the latter.

During the next step of positioning the tooth 200, illustrated in FIG. 5, the free space at the level of the upper relief 110 makes it possible to position the lower relief 210 opposite the upper relief 110. The lower relief 210 is thus positioned so that it can be nested in the upper relief 110.

[0096] In this step, the teeth are pushed inwards, resting against the inner edge of the notches 310.

[0097] During the step of positioning the tooth 200, the lower relief 210 can be positioned so as to be able to be nested in the upper relief 110 without however being in contact with the upper relief 110. Thus, at the end of the step of positioning the tooth 200, the upper relief 110 and the lower relief 210 face each other at a short distance. This situation is represented in FIG. 5. This embodiment of the method according to the invention makes it possible to position all the teeth of the stator in a single piece at the same time on the plate 100. Thus the teeth of the stator can be made in a single piece and placed together on the plate 100, or be segmented and placed one by one on the plate 100, before or after their winding, or even segmented, wound then reassembled to be placed together on the plate 100. upper relief 110 in the lower relief 210 is then carried out in the next step of moving the locking element 300 relative to the plate 100. By moving, the locking element 300 drives the lower relief 210 against the upper relief 110 so as to nest them. In Figure 5, this step is schematized by a movement to the right of the element 16 locking 300. Once in contact with lower relief 210, the locking element 300 moves the lower relief 210, and therefore the tooth 200, until the lower relief 210 abuts the upper relief 110 (Figure 6).

During the step of positioning the tooth 200, the lower relief 210 can also be positioned in contact with the upper relief 110, that is to say nested in the latter. During the step of moving the locking element 300, the latter comes into abutment against the lower relief 210 without moving it.

In all cases, during the step of moving the locking element 300, the latter is pivoted from the released position to the locking position. In Figures 3 and 4, the pivoting of the locking element 300, here its rotation around the longitudinal axis A1, is shown schematically by an arrow going from left to right. In the first and the second embodiment, the arrival in the blocking position includes the alignment, here along the longitudinal axis A1, of the blocking means 400. The alignment is achieved between the thread 402 and the orifice 403 in the first embodiment and between the recessed relief 404 and the projecting relief 405 in the second embodiment.

[0102] Finally, in the last step, the locking element 300 is fixed in the locking position by the locking means 400. When using the locking device 404, 405, the locking step of the locking element 300 takes place automatically once the disc of the locking element 300 has arrived in the locking position. When the screw 401 is used, the step of blocking the locking element 300 comprises screwing the screw 401, as illustrated in FIG. radial position of the teeth, so that they cannot move outwards. In addition, this blocking can also be completed with glue, a belt around the teeth...

The present invention is in no way limited to the embodiments described and represented, but those skilled in the art will know how to make any variant in accordance with the invention. Thus, for example, the tooth may have two lower reliefs interlocking in two upper reliefs of the tray.

Claims

17 CLAIMS

[Claim 1] Stator body (1) for an axial flux electrical machine comprising:

- a plate (100) in the form of a ring centered on a longitudinal axis (A1), the plate (100) comprising an upper face (101) and at least one upper relief (110) projecting from the upper face (101) ;

- teeth (200) of which at least one of them comprises a lower relief (210) of which a first side (211) has a shape complementary to that of a part of the upper relief (110), the upper relief (110 ) being nested in the lower relief (210); characterized in that the body (1) comprises a locking element (300) extending opposite the upper face (101) of the plate (100) and interposed between the tooth (200) and the plate (100) so to immobilize the upper relief (110) in the nested position in the lower relief (210) and in that the body (1) comprises locking means (400) locking the position of the locking element (300) relative to the tray (100).

[Claim 2] Body (1) of the stator according to claim 1, in which the locking element (300) is designed, before assembly, to pivot relative to the plate (100) between a released position in which the tooth (200 ) is movable relative to the plate (100) and a locking position in which the locking element (300) immobilizes the upper relief (110) by maintaining it nested in the lower relief (210), the locking means (400 ) being adapted to maintain the locking element (300) in the locking position.

[Claim 3] Stator body (1) according to one of Claims 1 to 2, in which the locking means (400) comprise at least one of the following elements:

- a screw (401);

- a locking device (404, 405).

[Claim 4] Body (1) stator according to one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the locking element (300) comprises a notch (310) in which are located the upper relief (110) and the lower relief (210), the notch (310) having a lateral edge (311) forming with the lower relief (210) and 18 the upper relief (110) a dovetail assembly in which the lower relief (210) constitutes a tenon and in which the side edge (311) of the notch (310) and the upper relief (110) constitute a mortise.

[Claim 5] Stator body (1) according to one of Claims 1 to 4, in which the upper relief (110) comprises an upper rib and in which the lower relief (210) comprises a lower rib.

[Claim 6] Stator body (1) according to Claim 5, in which the upper rib and the lower rib each have a uniform profile in a radial direction (A2) perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (A1).

[Claim 7] Stator body (1) according to claim 5 or 6, in which the upper relief (110) has a main surface (111) facing the plate (100) and in which the lower relief (210) has a first surface facing the tooth (200), the major surface (111) being in contact with the first surface.

[Claim 8] Stator body (1) according to one of Claims 1 to 7, in which the body (1) comprises a wall (120) rising from a peripheral edge (104) of the plate (100 ), on the side of its upper face (101), the wall (120) having a groove (121) of which a part (122) extends in length along an axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis (A1), the element lock (300) having a peripheral relief (320) which is inserted into the part (122) of the groove (121).

[Claim 9] Stator comprising a stator body (1) according to one of Claims 1 to 8 and windings of conductive wire carried by the teeth (200).

[Claim 10] Method of assembling a stator body (1) according to one of claims 1 to 8 comprising the following steps:

- positioning of the locking element (300) on the upper face (101) of the plate (100); - positioning of the tooth (200) so that the upper relief (110) fits into the lower relief (210);

- displacement of the locking element (300) relative to the plate (100); 19

- locking of the locking element (300) relative to the plate (100) by means of the locking means (400).