FR3058283A1 - ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE STATOR WITH OPTIMUM POSITIONING INTERCONNECTOR - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates mainly to a stator (11) of rotating electrical machine, in particular for a motor vehicle, said stator (11) comprising: - a stator body comprising an axis and a plurality of teeth (14) distributed angularly about said axis; coils (19) each mounted around a tooth (14), each of the coils (19) being formed by at least one wire (21) wound around said corresponding tooth (14), - each coil wire (21) comprising an input (211) and an output (212) each corresponding to an end of said wire (21), - an interconnector (22) comprising a set of traces, said traces being electrically connected to the inputs (211) and outputs (212) coils (19) via connecting lugs (35), characterized in that said ends of the coil wires (211, 212) are all circumferentially inclined in the same clockwise or counterclockwise direction, and respectively the ends of the 1s of coil (211, 212) inclined in the clockwise direction (SH) are in contact with the right face of the corresponding connecting lug (35) or the ends of the counterclockwise counterclockwise coil wires (211, 212) are in contact with the left side of the corresponding connecting lug (35).

Description

Holder (s): VALEO ELECTRIC EQUIPEMENTS MOTOR Simplified joint-stock company.

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Agent (s): VALEO EQUIPEMENTS ELECTRIQUES MOTOR Simplified joint-stock company.

STATOR OF ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE PROVIDED WITH AN INTERCONNECTOR WITH OPTIMUM POSITIONING.

FR 3 058 283 - A1 tü / J The invention relates mainly to a stator (11) of a rotating electrical machine, in particular for a motor vehicle, said stator (11) comprising:

a stator body comprising an axis and a plurality of teeth (14) angularly distributed around said axis,

- coils (19) each mounted around a tooth (14), each of the coils (19) being formed by at least one wire (21) wound around said corresponding tooth (14),

each coil wire (21) comprising an inlet (211) and an outlet (212) each corresponding to one end of said wire (21),

- an interconnector (22) comprising a set of traces, said traces being electrically connected to the inputs (211) and outputs (212) of the coils (19) by means of connection tabs (35), characterized in that said ends spool wires (211, 212) are all inclined circumferentially in the same clockwise or counterclockwise direction, and respectively the ends of the coil wires (211,212) inclined in a clockwise direction (SH) are in contact with the right face of the tab connection (35) or the ends of the coil wires (211,212) inclined counterclockwise are in contact with the left side of the corresponding connection lug (35).

ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE STATOR PROVIDED WITH AN OPTIMUM POSITIONING INTERCONNECTOR

The present invention relates to a stator of a rotating electrical machine provided with an interconnector with optimum positioning. The invention relates to the field of electrical machines such as motors, alternators or alternator-starters.

Electric machines are known comprising a stator and a rotor secured to a driving and / or driven shaft. To this end, a housing of the machine is configured to carry the shaft in rotation, for example by means of bearings. The rotor may include a body made of laminated sheets provided with housings inside at least part of which are positioned permanent magnets.

The stator has a body in the form of a sheet pack with teeth for mounting coils belonging to the stator winding. The stator body has notches open towards the inside, each delimited by two consecutive teeth. In the case of a concentric type winding, the stator comprises several preformed coils each mounted on a tooth of the stator. These coils are made from an insulated conductor wire wrapped around the tooth over several turns.

As illustrated in Figure 1, the coils 1 are interconnected with each other using an interconnector 2 to form the phases U, V, W of the machine which may be of the polyphase type. To this end, the interconnector 2 comprises annular conductive traces 3 along one or more radial levels for the interconnection with the coils 1.

The interconnector 2 is positioned in an uncontrolled manner relative to the stator body, so that the inputs 4 and the outputs 5 of the coils are positioned at a distance from the corresponding tabs. This complicates the welding operations because of the need to bring the ends of the wires closer to the connection tabs by welding electrodes suitable for this operation. In addition, the wires being mechanically stressed following the approximation operation, the electrical connections subjected to a severe vibratory environment have a mechanical resistance limited in time.

The invention aims to effectively remedy this drawback by proposing a stator for a rotating electrical machine, in particular for a motor vehicle, said stator comprising:

a stator body comprising an axis and a plurality of teeth angularly distributed around said axis,

coils each mounted around a tooth, each of the coils being formed by at least one wire wound around said corresponding tooth,

each coil wire comprising an input and an output each corresponding to one end of said wire,

- an interconnector comprising a set of traces, said traces being electrically connected to the inputs and outputs of the coils by means of connection tabs, characterized in that said ends of the coil wires are all inclined circumferentially in the same clockwise or counterclockwise direction , and respectively the ends of the coil wires inclined clockwise are in contact with the right face of the corresponding connection lug or the ends of the coil wires inclined in a counterclockwise direction are in contact with the left face of the lug corresponding connection.

The invention thus makes it possible, by virtue of the inclination in one direction of the ends of the wires, to guarantee intimate contact between the ends of the coil wires and the corresponding connection tabs. This facilitates carrying out the subsequent welding operations. In addition, the wires being less mechanically stressed, the service life of the electrical connections is increased.

According to one embodiment, said interconnector comprises at least one latching portion for fixing said interconnector on a corresponding latching portion secured to said stator body.

According to one embodiment, said stator comprises at least one coil insulator positioned around a corresponding tooth of said stator body.

According to one embodiment, said snap-fastening portion integral with the stator body is formed in said coil insulator to lock angularly, along said axis, said interconnector relative to said stator body.

According to one embodiment, said coil insulator comprises a circumferential guide portion along said axis, from said latching portion of said interconnector towards said latching portion formed in said coil insulator.

According to one embodiment, said guide portion has a ramp.

According to one embodiment, said snap-fitting portion of said coil insulator is located in an extension of said ramp.

According to one embodiment, said coil insulator comprising a front edge and a rear edge each provided with two longitudinal axial parts connected together by transverse parts, said ramp is formed in a transverse part of one of the edges of said coil insulator.

According to one embodiment, said ramp is formed in a protuberance coming from an external face of a transverse part of one of the edges of said coil insulator.

In one embodiment, said guide portion has two walls facing each other defining a passage in a circumferential direction for the latching portion of said interconnector.

According to one embodiment, said walls define a flared passage. This makes it easier to insert the latching portion of the interconnector inside the guide portion.

According to one embodiment, said snap-fitting portion of said interconnector is constituted by a stud having a single axial part.

According to one embodiment, said snap-fitting portion of said interconnector is constituted by a stud having an axial part and a return of substantially radial orientation.

According to one embodiment, said traces are annular and are positioned axially on one another.

According to one embodiment, said interconnector is devoid of a foot so as to rest directly on said coils.

The invention will be better understood on reading the description which follows and on examining the figures which accompany it. These figures are given only by way of illustration but in no way limit the invention.

Figure 1, already described, is a schematic representation of a wound stator provided with an interconnector according to the prior art;

FIG. 2a is a perspective view of a wound stator provided with an interconnector according to the present invention;

FIG. 2b is a partial top view illustrating the connections between the coils and the traces of the interconnector according to the present invention;

Figure 3 shows a perspective view of the interconnector according to the present invention;

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the interconnector according to the present invention;

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an alternative embodiment of the interconnector according to the present invention;

Figure 6 is a perspective view illustrating the mounting of a coil insulator on a tooth of a stator portion according to the invention;

Figures 7a and 7b are perspective views illustrating the mounting of a coil around the insulation of Figure 6;

Figures 8a and 8b are respectively top and bottom views of the wound assembly of Figures 7a and 7b;

FIG. 8c is a detailed view of the wire guide formed in the coil insulation;

Figure 9 is a longitudinal sectional view of the wound assembly of Figures 7a and 7b;

Figure 10 is a sectional view illustrating the distance of electrical insulation between two successive coils mounted in a notch with non5 parallel edges;

Figure 11 is a partial sectional view of the stator and the rotor illustrating the distance of electrical insulation between the coils and a V-shaped layout of the magnets of the rotor;

Figure 12 is a schematic representation of an alternative embodiment of the latching system between the interconnector and the coil insulators.

Figure 13 is a side view of the stator illustrating an alternative embodiment of the latching system of the interconnector on the coil insulators;

FIGS. 14a to 14c are views illustrating the various embodiments of the latching system of the interconnector and of the corresponding guide system;

Figure 15 is a partial top view of the stator according to the present invention illustrating the plating of the legs of the interconnector against the ends of the coil wires;

FIG. 16 is a variant of view 14a, it is also a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of the latching system of the interconnector and of the corresponding guide system.

Identical, similar or analogous elements keep the same reference from one figure to another.

FIGS. 2a and 2b show a stator 11 of axis X having a body 12 comprising teeth 14 distributed angularly in a regular manner around the axis X. The body 12 has an external annular periphery and an internal annular periphery around the X axis.

The body 12 has notches 15 open towards the inside, two consecutive notches 15 being separated by a tooth 14. A strip of material, corresponding to the yoke 17 extends between the bottom of the notches 15 and the external periphery of the body 12 The body 12 is formed by a stack of sheets made of ferromagnetic material extending in a radial plane perpendicular to the axis X. The stator 11 may be formed from elementary portions 13 clearly visible in FIGS. 7a and 7b comprising each a tooth 14 and an angular portion of the cylinder head 17. The elementary portions 13 are assembled using complementary connecting means 16, 18 formed in the edges of the cylinder head portion. In this case, the element 16 is a male element intended to come to engage in the female element 18 of complementary shape.

The stator 11 belongs to a polyphase machine comprising a stator winding provided with several coils 19, here preformed. The coils 19 are interconnected with one another using a compact interconnector 22 comprising several conductive traces 26, as described below.

More specifically, as can be seen in Figures 7a, 7b, 8a, and 8b, the coils 19 are made from a wire 21 wound over several turns. The wires 21 consist of an electrically conductive wire, for example a copper and / or aluminum wire, coated with an electrical insulator, such as enamel. The wires can be circular, rectangular or in the form of a flat section.

In one embodiment, each coil 19 is wound around one of the teeth 14 by means of a coil insulator 20. This insulator

20 is an electrical insulator made of electrically insulating and moldable material. Alternatively, the coil insulators 20 can be replaced by insulating paper.

Each coil wire 21 comprises an input 211 and an output 212 each corresponding to one end of the wire 21. The inputs 211 and the outputs 212 of each coil 19 protrude axially from the winding on the same side of the corresponding stator 11 in FIG. 2a on the upper side of the stator 11.

In the context of a three-phase application using an H-bridge, the phases U, V, W of the machine are controlled independently of each other. In the case of a machine with P coils 19, P / 3 coils are associated with each phase. For example, for a machine with 24 coils, each phase is associated with eight coils 19. The coils 19 are connected alternately to the three phases U, V, and W.

Thus, as can be seen in FIG. 2b, each coil 19 has an input 211 intended to be connected with the inputs of the other coils 19 corresponding to one of the phase inputs Ui, Vi, Wi of the machine and an output 212 intended to be connected with the outputs of the other coils 19 corresponding to one of the phase outputs Uo, Vo, and

Wo. The connection of the coils 19 to the phases is alternated.

To this end, as can be seen in FIGS. 3 and 4, the interconnector 22 comprises a support 25 and a set of tracks 26 mounted on the support

25. The support 25 has an internal diameter substantially equal to or less than the internal diameter of the stator body 12 and an external diameter substantially equal to or less than the external diameter of the stator body 12. The interconnector 22 can thus be mounted between the internal periphery and the external periphery of the stator body 12. The traces 26 are electrically conductive, for example being made of copper or advantageously of another weldable metallic material.

In this case, the traces 26 are annular and are positioned radially next to each other. In other words, the annular traces 26 are coaxial and the diameter of the traces 26 increases when one moves from the inside to the outside of the interconnector 22. The traces 26 each have a connection terminal 27 with the corresponding phase input or output. In the case of an H-bridge, the coils 19 connected in a star are controlled independently of each other so that six traces are provided, that is to say three sets of two traces each corresponding to an input Ui, Vi, Wi and a corresponding phase Uo, Vo, and Wo output. The support 25 has insulating walls 28 each extending between two successive tracks 26 in order to avoid short circuits.

Each coil 19 has one end 211 positioned on the side of the internal periphery of the stator and the other end 212 positioned on the side of the external periphery of the stator 11. All of the traces 26 are positioned radially between the inputs 211 and the outputs 212 coils 19, as illustrated by FIGS. 2a, 2b, and 4.

The coil wires 19 are folded in such a way that the inputs 211 and the outputs 212 extend radially above the traces 26 of the interconnector 22. The inputs 211 and the outputs 212 are folded in two opposite directions so as to get closer to each other, îo Thus, the ends of the wires 21 located on the outside of the stator 11 are bent towards the inside of the stator 11; while the ends of the wires 21 situated on the inside of the stator 11 are folded towards the outside of the stator 11.

In order to facilitate the welding of the inputs 211 and the outputs 212 thus oriented, each of the traces 26 includes bosses 31, visible in FIGS. 3 and 4 in particular, extending axially and connection portions 32 between these bosses 31. Each of the inputs 211 and outputs 212 can thus be welded to one of the corresponding bosses 31.

As shown in FIG. 4, the walls 28 of the support 25 have a height H1 between the height H2 of the connection portions 32 and the height H3 of the bosses 31. Each of the heights H1, H2, H3 is measured axially from of the same plane P1 perpendicular to the axis X situated in the extension of the face of a connection portion 32 closest to the coils 19. This thus guarantees electrical insulation between the connection zones on the interconnector 22 and the traces located near these areas.

According to one aspect of the invention, all of the coils comprise the same length of winding son. This makes it possible to have phases of the same resistance and therefore an electric machine having its resistance uniformly distributed.

According to a first aspect of the invention:

- 1 / N coils have the same entry length and the same exit length, and in that the entry lengths are shorter than the exit lengths

- 1 / N coils have the same input length and the same output length, and in that the output lengths are shorter than the input lengths

- 1 / N coils have the same input length and the same output length, and in that the input lengths are equal to the output lengths ίο N being equal to three in the case of a three-phase machine and to six in the case of a three-phase or six-phase double machine.

We can see in Figure 2b, a three-phase machine and therefore N = three, and in that the phases U represent 1/3 of the coils, V another third of the coils and W the last third of the coils.

According to a particular example of this aspect of the invention, the coils of phase U all include the same inlet length and the same outlet length, and in that the inlet lengths are equal to the outlet lengths. In this example, the inputs of the coils of phase U are connected to the second trace of the inputs (internal traces in this example) and the outputs of the coils to the second trace of the outputs (external traces in this example). Of course, it could have been phase V or W.

In this particular example, the coils of phase V all include the same input length and the same output length, and in that the input lengths are shorter than the output lengths. Indeed in this example the inputs of the coils of phase V are connected to the first trace of the inputs (internal traces in this example) and the outputs of the coils to the third trace of the outputs (external traces in this example). Of course, it could have been phase U or W.

Finally, in this particular example, the coils of phase W all include the same input length and the same output length, and in that the input lengths are greater than the output lengths. Indeed in this example the inputs of the coils of phase W are connected to the third trace of the inputs (internal traces in this example) and the outputs of the coils to the first trace of the outputs (external traces in this example). Of course, it could have been phase U or V.

FIG. 4 represents a section of a coil of phase W. This section io shows the zone of welding of the ends of the coils 19 (inputs and outputs) on the tracks 26 of the interconnector 22

According to a second example of the aspect of the invention represented in FIG. 2b 'by dotted lines extending the outputs and phase inputs, all of the coils 19 comprise the same length of output wire 212. All of the coils 19 also preferably include the same length of input wire 211.

According to an embodiment of this second example of the aspect of the invention, each coil 19 preferably comprises an inlet 211 and an outlet 212 of the same length L ′ (and. FIG. 8a). The same input length 211 or output length 212 means lengths of input or output wire which are equal to 1mm difference between the two lengths of wire. Thus, the length of the inputs 211 or the outputs 212 extends to the trace 26 located in the center of the interconnector 22 (in the case of a number of traces

26 odd) or one of the two traces 26 located in the center of the interconnector (in the case of an even number 26 of traces). This ensures a standardized production of the coils 19 of the machine.

It is specified here that, in this example of FIG. 2b ’, the part without dotted line represents the first example and with the dotted line the second example.

In the second example, the inputs 211 and the outputs 212 have their zone for welding the ends of the coils 19 on the tracks 26 of the interconnector 22 as in the first example.

The interest of the first example compared to the second interest, is to avoid the risk that the wires (input or output) are too close to each other.

The advantage of the second example compared to the first example is that all 5 the coils are wound in the same way and are identical.

As a variant, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the interconnector 22 includes annular traces 26 positioned axially next to each other. Each of the inputs 211 and the outputs 212 is connected to a trace 26 of the interconnector 22 by means of a connection tab 35.

In this case, the traces 26 have substantially identical internal and external diameters. These traces 26 are stacked axially on top of each other and electrically isolated from each other. Each trace 26 carries on its internal and external periphery lugs 35 projecting for welding the ends of the coils 19 of the stator 11. Preferably, the traces 26 are embedded in the support 25 made of electrically insulating material, such as of plastic. The interconnector 22 may include support feet 36 intended to rest on a rim of the cylinder head of the stator 11.

Furthermore, the coil insulation 20 is made of electrically insulating material, for example plastic material such as PA 6.6, which can be reinforced with fibers, such as glass fibers. As can be seen in Figure 6, the coil insulator 20 has a central body 41 comprising a through opening 42 for mounting around a stator tooth 14. The central body 41 is intended to be surrounded by a coil 19.

The coil insulation 20 also includes a front edge 45 and a rear edge 46 at each end of the central body 41 forming a groove 47 around the central body 41 for holding the coil 19. The front edge 45 is located on the side of the free end of the corresponding tooth 14, while the rear edge is situated on the side of the cylinder head 17.

As can be seen in FIG. 9, each coil 19 comprises a plurality of layers C1-CM of turns S superimposed on each other. Each layer of turns C1-CM comprises a set of coaxial turns S.

As is better visible in FIG. 8b, each coil 19 comprises a first offset turn SD1 which is not located in the last layer of turn CM and which passes over at least two turns S of a layer lower.

Thus an offset coil is a first coil wound with a layer whose start of turn is farther from an edge of a coil insulator by at least one width axially from the section of the conductor of the coil than the start of turn of the first and last turn forming the first layer.

The start of the turn of the offset turn is therefore axially offset by at least more than one width of the last turn and the first turn of the first layer.

In other words, the edge of the coil insulation closest to the X axis of the stator is farther from the turn offset by at least one turn width than at least one turn from the previous layer.

In addition, the coil 19 comprises a second shift coil SD2 formed by the last coil of the coil 19.

The second offset turn being offset on another layer than that formed at least by the first offset turn and in that the second offset turn is even more offset than the first turn offset from the edge closest to the coil insulation closer to the X axis.

This last turn SD2 comprises a portion 51 forming at least a portion of a last layer CM and another portion 52 positioned between a portion of turn 53 of the preceding layer and the flange 46 of the coil insulation 20 (and. Figure 9). The second turn being offset on another layer than that formed at least by the first offset turn and in that it is offset relative to a body of the coil insulation on the same side as the first offset turn.

This last turn SD2 comprises a portion 51 forming at least a portion of a last layer CM and another portion 52 positioned between a portion of turn 53 of the preceding layer and the flange 46 of the coil insulation 20 (cf. FIG. 9).

The portion 52 positioned between a portion of turn 53 of the preceding layer and the rim 46 of the coil insulation 20 is mounted clamped between this rim 46 and this portion of turn 53 by elastically deforming the rim 46.

îo The use of the offset turns SD1, SD2 thus makes it possible to anticipate a problem of positioning the end of the wire 21 forming the last turn of each coil 19 relative to the positioning of the connection on the corresponding trace 26.

Thus, such a configuration is particularly well suited when an integer number of turns S does not make it possible to fill all the layers C1CM of the coil 19 going from one end to the other of the body 41 of the coil insulation 20 .

In other words, the maximum number of turns in a layer worth N, and the total number of layers of a coil worth M, the number of turns X is less than (N-1/2) xM. It is specified that the maximum number of turns in a layer N is worth L1 / D; D being the diameter of the wire and L1 being the radial length of the body 41 of the coil insulation 20.

Furthermore, as is apparent from FIGS. 10 and 11, the notches 15 of the stator 11 are said to have non-parallel edges, that is to say that the two surfaces 65,

66 of two successive teeth 14 delimiting between it a notch 15 are inclined with respect to each other towards the axis X of the stator 11. Preferably, the number of layers M of each coil 19 is greater on the side of the cylinder head 17 only on the side of the axis X of the stator 11 so as to respect a distance of electrical insulation in the air DI.

Thus, for a value Z equal to twice the phase-phase voltage of the machine to which the value 1000 is added, an electrical isolation distance DI is associated with this value Z according to standard 60034-1 table 16. The turns S of two adjacent coils 19 are at least separated from each other by this electrical insulation distance DI.

In addition, for the sake of standardization, all the coils 19 are wound identically with respect to each other.

As a variant, the second offset turn SD2 corresponds to a turn other than the last turn. As a variant, it is also possible to produce more than two offset turns SD1, SD2.

Advantageously, as shown in FIGS. 6, 7a and 7b, the coil insulation 20 comprises on each of its edges 45, 46 a snap-fitting portion 56 capable of snapping-in with a snap-fitting portion 57,

57 'complementary belonging to the trace support 25 (cf. FIG. 2a).

More specifically, as is clearly visible in FIGS. 6 and 7a, the front edge 45 and the rear edge 46 of a coil insulator 20 being each provided with two longitudinal axial parts 48 connected together by transverse parts 49, the snap-fastening portions 56 are produced in a transverse portion 49 of each of the flanges 45, 46.

Each snap-fitting portion 56 is a female part, in particular of rounded shape. Each snap-fitting portion 56 is capable of being elastically deformed to cooperate with the corresponding snap-fitting portion 57, 57 ′ of the trace support 25. Each snap-fitting portion 56 comprises two locking lugs 58 positioned opposite one of the other to retain the corresponding male portion 57, 57 ′ of the trace support 25.

In this case, as is clearly visible in FIG. 3, the trace support 25 includes a plurality of snap-fitting portions 57, 57 ′ of the male type formed in its internal periphery and its external periphery. These snap-fastening portions 57, 57 ′ have in this case a stud shape extending radially projecting relative to the corresponding internal or external periphery. Each pad 57, 57 ′ preferably comprises a slot 60 for deforming elastically so as to penetrate into the corresponding female snap-fitting portion 56 of the coil insulation 20.

There are a plurality of series 61 of two pads 57, 57 'angularly spaced regularly. Each series 61 comprises an internal stud 57 formed in the internal periphery of the trace support 25 and an external stud 57 'formed in the external periphery of the trace support 25.

The internal pad 57 and the corresponding external pad 57 'are in this case coaxial with respect to each other. The pads 57 and 57 'may however not be coaxial and be angularly offset from one another.

The internal stud 57 of each series 61 is intended to snap into place with a complementary female snap-fitting portion 56 managed in the front edge 45 of a corresponding coil insulator 20; while the external stud

57 'of each series 61 is intended to snap into place with a complementary female snap-fitting portion 56 managed in the rear edge 46 of the corresponding coil insulation 20.

Advantageously, the external studs 57 ′ have a flange 64 on the side of their free end. This makes it possible to limit the travel of the interconnector 22 relative to the stator 11 and therefore to facilitate its centering during the latching operation), in particular in the case where latching portions 57 ′ are provided only in the external periphery of the support 25. In this case, the interconnector 22 comprises at least two flanges 64 formed in two studs 57 'diametrically opposite one with respect to the other.

As can be clearly seen in FIG. 2a, the number of latching portions 57, 57 ′ of the interconnector 22 is less than the number of latching portions 56 of all of the coil insulators 20. In fact, for the sake of standardization of the tooling for obtaining (molds) of the components, all the flanges 45, 46 of all the coil insulators 20 are fitted with snap-on portions 56 but only some of them will cooperate with portions of 'snap 57, 57' corresponding belonging to the trace support 25.

In all cases, in order to ensure effective maintenance of the interconnector 22 on the stator 11, the interconnector 22 comprises at least three snap-in portions 57 on its internal periphery and at least three snap-in portions 57 'on its outer periphery.

As a variant, each coil insulator 20 has a latching portion 56 formed in only one of its front 45 or rear 46 edges and the interconnector 22 has corresponding latching portions 57, 57 ′ produced in only one of its peripheries internal or external.

As a variant, the female latching portions 56 are carried by the trace support 25 and the male latching portions 57, 57 ′ are carried by the front flanges 45 and / or rear 46 of the coil insulators 20.

As a variant, as shown in FIG. 12, the snap-fastening portions 56 consist of lugs 67 facing one another defining a space 68 intended to receive a section of reduced section of a leg 69 corresponding to a snap-in portion 57 or

57 '. The edges of the legs 67 may be flared to facilitate the insertion of the leg sections 69 inside the space 68.

As can be seen in Figures 7a and 7b, the coil insulators 20 may also include wire guides 70 formed in the front edges 45 and rear 46. In this case, the wire guides 70 are formed by grooves axial orientation of complementary shape of the wires 21 to guide the ends of the wires 21 at the reel inlet and outlet on the portion extending between the reel body and the fold. As is clearly visible in FIG. 8c, each wire guide 70 has a narrowing of section 71 to ensure that the end of the coil wires is held in the corresponding grooves.

Figures 13 to 16 show an alternative embodiment of the interconnector

22 of Figure 5 having annular traces 26 positioned axially next to each other. Each of the inputs 211 and outputs 212 is connected to a trace 26 of the interconnector 22 by means of a connection tab 35. In this case, the traces 26 have substantially identical internal and external diameters. These traces 26 are stacked axially on top of each other and electrically isolated from each other.

Each trace 26 bears on its internal periphery of the tabs 35 for welding the ends of the coils 19 of the stator 11. The tabs 35 project inwardly from the interconnector 22. The connection tabs 35 are located substantially along the same circumference.

Preferably, the traces 26 are embedded in the support 25 made of electrically insulating material, such as plastic. There is a layer of insulating material between two successive traces 26.

As can be seen in FIG. 15, the ends of the coil wires 211,

212 are all inclined circumferentially in a same clockwise direction, and the ends of the coil wires 211, 212 inclined are in contact with the right face of the corresponding connection lug 35, in a variant not shown, the ends of the coil wires 211,

212 are all inclined circumferentially in the same counterclockwise direction, and the ends of the inclined coil wires 211, 212 are in contact with the left face of the corresponding connection tab 35.

The relative terms of the hourly, anti-clockwise, right face, left face, type are indicated with respect to the same reference point PR located inside the interconnector 22 (for example in the center) from which are viewed the 'interconnector 22 and its corresponding lugs 35.

In other words, all the ends of the coil wires 211, 212 are inclined in the same direction and are in contact with the faces of the connection lugs 35 turned in the same direction.

This guarantees contact between the ends of the coil wires 211, 212 and the corresponding connection lugs 35, which facilitates the carrying out of the welding operations. In addition, the ends of the wires 211, 212 are less mechanically stressed, which increases the life of the electrical connections.

According to a variant not shown, the ends of the coil wires 211 are all inclined circumferentially in the same clockwise direction, and the ends of the inclined coil wires 211 are in contact with the right face of the corresponding connection lug 35 and the ends of the coil wires 212 are all inclined circumferentially in the same counterclockwise direction, and the ends of the inclined coil wires 212 are in contact with the left face of the corresponding connection tab. In this variant, when the interconnector is inserted, the interconnector is turned in a first clockwise direction, thus tilting the ends of the coil wires 211 which are longer than the ends of the coil wires 212 and then lowering the interconnector so that the coil wires 212 are facing the left face of their corresponding connection lug 35 and then turned counterclockwise (for example half less than what was done in the direction clockwise) so as to have all the ends of the coil wires 212 inclined in contact with the left face of their corresponding connection lug 35.

Of course according to another example it is the outputs 212 which are longer than the inputs 211 and in this case the operation begins by first turning counterclockwise then then going down and turning clockwise .

In other words, all the ends of the coil wires 211 are inclined in the same direction and are each in contact with one face of the connection lugs 35 turned in the same direction and all the ends of the coil wires 212 are inclined in a the other direction and are each in contact with the other face of the corresponding connection lugs 35 turned in the same direction.

Of course, this can be the outlet ends 212 which are against the right face of the connection lugs and inclined clockwise and the inlet ends 211 which are against the left face of the connection lugs and inclined in the anticlockwise

This guarantees contact between the ends of the coil wires 211, 212 and the corresponding connection lugs 35, which facilitates the carrying out of the welding operations. In addition, the ends of the wires 211, 212 are less mechanically stressed, which increases the life of the electrical connections.

According to another example not shown, the connector is connected by having, certain ends of the coil output wires 211, and certain ends of the coil output wires 212 are connected to their connection tab according to the first variant shown in FIG. 15 and other ends of the input and output wires are connected to their corresponding connection lugs 35 according to one or the other variants.

As is clearly visible in FIGS. 14a to 14c, the interconnector 22 comprises snap-fitting portions 73 for fixing said interconnector 22 on corresponding snap-fastening portions 74 secured to the body of the stator 12. For this purpose, each portion snap 74 is formed in a coil insulator 20 to angularly lock, along said axis X, the interconnector 22 relative to the stator body 12. The snap portions 73 of the interconnector 22 are in this case of male type, while the snap portions 74 of the coil insulators 20 are female type. Alternatively, it would however be possible to reverse the configuration by providing snap-in portions 73 of the female type and snap-in portions 74 of the male type.

In addition, the coil insulation 20 comprises a circumferential guide portion 75, along said axis X, from the latching portion 73 of the interconnector 22 towards the latching portion 74.

In the embodiment of FIGS. 13 and 14a, each guide portion 75 has a ramp 76 produced in a protuberance 77 by adding material in the transverse part 49 of the external face of the rear edge 46 of a coil insulator 20. FIG. 14a represents is a view illustrating a partial zoom of view 13, showing the latching system of the interconnector. In FIG. 14a, the support feet 36 of the interconnector are not visible, these feet are visible in FIG. 13. This protuberance 77 comes from an external face of a transverse part 49 of the rear edge 46 of the 'coil insulator 20. By external face means a face of the front edge 45 or rear 46 which is turned on the side opposite to the groove 47. The snap portion 74 forms a locking of the interconnector. The latching portion is located in an extension of the ramp 76. As a variant, according to an example not shown, the ramp 76 is produced by adding material to the internal face of the rear edge 46 and the latching portion is located at axially above the coils (this reduces the radial size). In this embodiment, the fact that the ramp is produced on the external face of the rear flange 46 makes it possible to facilitate the winding of the coil, unlike the embodiment not shown having the ramp on the internal face. In this embodiment shown, the latching portion 73 of the interconnector 22 is constituted by a stud having an axial part 81 and a radial part 82 of substantially radial orientation.

In addition, the interconnector 22 includes support legs 36 placed on a flange of the cylinder head of the stator 11.

The end of the radial part is intended to cooperate with the ramp 76 to then be housed in a corresponding snap-fitting portion 74 in the form of a bowl. This radial part 81 has the shape of a radial stud.

As can be seen in FIG. 13, the ramp 76 may be provided with notches 85 to improve the retention of the pad 73.

In a variant not shown, the protuberance 77 and the ramp 76 are produced in the internal face of the rear edge 46. The snap-fitting portion 74 in the form of a bowl is located in an extension of the ramp 76.

In the embodiment of FIG. 14b, the guide portion 75 comprises a protuberance which has two walls 78 facing each other defining a passage 79 in a circumferential direction for the latching portion of the interconnector 22. In other words, there are walls 78 called support walls and retaining walls, the support walls being more distant from the interconnector than the retaining walls. The walls 78 preferably define a passage 79 of flared shape in the direction of the entry of the latching portion 73. This makes it possible to facilitate the insertion of the latching portion 73 of the interconnector 22 inside the passage 79 of the guide portion 75. The faces of the ramps 76 and the walls 78 extend in a transverse plane relative to the axis X of the stator body 12. In addition this double ramp makes it possible to remove the tabs of supports 36 visible in FIG. 13. In fact, the support walls of the walls 78 fulfill the function of the support legs 36. The interconnector 22 is thus held only by means of the coils (without legs placed on the stator). This has the advantage of having fewer differences in vibration on the interconnector compared to the coils and therefore less risk of desoldering or breaking of the output or input ends of the coils on the interconnector. thus the outer periphery of the interconnector 22 to facilitate the step of impregnating the winding carried out by soaking and rolling in a varnish bath.

Thus, as can be seen in FIG. 15, during the installation of the interconnector 22, each return 82 of the latching portions 73 of the interconnector 22 is placed in cooperation with a ramp 76 or the walls of a passage 79 so as to ensure circumferential guiding of the interconnector 22 in a direction of rotation, in this case a counterclockwise direction SH. Guiding in rotation is provided until the faces of the connection lugs 35 turned on the same side come into contact with the ends of the corresponding wires 211, 212. Then, the returns 82 cooperate with the corresponding snap-fastening portions 74 to lock the interconnector 22 in the preferred angular position. The ends of the coil wires 211, 212 can then be easily welded to the connection lugs 35 due to their prior contact with these lugs 35.

According to another example of the embodiments shown in FIG. 13 and 14a, and as illustrated diagrammatically in FIG. 16, the interconnector 22 can be devoid of support foot 36 by having its axial parts 81 which extend up to the sheet pack so as to rest directly on the sheet pack. The external periphery of the interconnector 22 is thus released to facilitate the impregnation step of the winding carried out by soaking and rolling in a varnish bath.

All the embodiments of FIGS. 14a, 14b can of course be easily transposed to an interconnector 22 having the configuration of FIGS. 2a, 2b, and 3.

The rotor of the machine referenced 91 in FIG. 11 could be a rotor provided with permanent magnets 92 implanted in V or in U or in I or in surface in housings formed in the sheet pack. As a variant, the rotor could be a claw rotor as in document FR2890798. As a variant, the rotor could be with salient poles. As a variant, the claw or salient pole rotor may also include permanent magnets.

The stator 11 may alternatively have a four-phase, five-phase, or even six-phase winding.

FIG. 16 represents another embodiment in which the feet of the interconnector have been replaced by support points facing each latching system. In this embodiment shown in FIG. 16, the snap-fitting portion 73 of the interconnector 22 is constituted by a stud having an axial part 81 and a radial part 82 of substantially radial orientation. The axial part 81 comes to bear on a flange of the cylinder head of the stator in place of the support feet 36 of the previous embodiments. In the embodiment shown in Figure 16, the guide portion is identical to the embodiment of Figure 14a but could also be identical to the embodiment of Figure 14b or according to another example.

Thus in this embodiment, the radial part is not located at the end of the axial part closest to the stator as in the embodiments of FIGS. 14a and 14b but between the two ends of the axial part.

The rotary electrical machine may belong to a motor vehicle and be, as mentioned above, an alternator, an alternator-starter which is a reversible alternator, an electric motor or an electromagnetic retarder.

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1. A stator (11) of a rotating electrical machine, in particular for a motor vehicle, said stator (11) comprising: - a stator body (12) comprising an axis (X) and a plurality of 5 teeth (14) angularly distributed around said axis (X), - coils (19) each mounted around a tooth (14), each of the coils (19) being formed by at least one wire (21) wound around said corresponding tooth (14), each coil wire (21) comprising an inlet (211) and an outlet îo (212) each corresponding to one end of said wire (21), an interconnector (22) comprising a set of traces (26), said traces (26) being electrically connected to the inputs (211) and outputs (212) of the coils (19) by means of connection tabs (35), 15 characterized in that said ends of the coil wires (211, 212) are all inclined circumferentially in the same clockwise or counterclockwise direction, and respectively the ends of the coil wires (211, 212) inclined in a clockwise direction (SH) are in contact with the right face of the corresponding connection lug (35) or the ends of the 20 coil (211, 212) inclined counterclockwise are in contact with the left side of the corresponding connection lug (35). 2. Stator according to claim 1, characterized in that said interconnector (22) comprises at least one latching portion (73) for fixing said interconnector (22) on a latching portion (74) 25 correspondingly secured to said stator body (12). 3. Stator according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said stator (11) comprises at least one coil insulator (20) positioned around a tooth (14) corresponding to said stator body (12). 4. Stator according to claims 2 and 3, characterized in that said latching portion (74) integral with the stator body (12) is formed in said coil insulator (20) to lock angularly, along said axis (X ), said interconnector (22) relative to said stator body (12). 5. Stator according to claim 4, characterized in that said coil insulator (20) comprises a guide portion (75) circumferential along said axis (X), of said snap-fitting portion (73) of said interconnector (22) towards said latching portion (74) formed in said coil insulator 5 (20). 6. Stator according to claim 5, characterized in that said guide portion (75) has a ramp (76). 7. Stator according to claim 5, characterized in that said latching portion (74) of said coil insulator (20) is located in an extension of said ramp (76). 8. A stator according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that said coil insulator (20) comprising a front edge (45) and a rear edge (46) each provided with two longitudinal axial parts (48) connected together by transverse parts (49), said ramp (76) is formed in A transverse part (49) of one of the flanges (45, 46) of said coil insulator (20). 9. A stator according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that said ramp (76) is formed in a protuberance (77) coming from an external face of a transverse part (49) of one of the flanges (45, 46 ) of said insulator Reel 20 (20). 10. Stator according to claim 5, characterized in that said guide portion (75) comprises two walls (78) opposite one another defining a passage (79) in a circumferential direction for the latching portion of said interconnector (22). 25 11. Stator according to claim 10, characterized in that said walls (78) define a passage (79) of flared shape. 12. Stator according to any one of claims 4 to 11, characterized in that said latching portion (73) of said interconnector (22) is constituted by a stud having a single axial part (81). 13. Stator according to any one of claims 4 to 12, characterized in that said latching portion (73) of said interconnector (22) is constituted by a stud having an axial part (81) and a return (82) d substantially radial orientation. 14. Stator according to any one of claims 1 to 13, 5 characterized in that said traces (26) are annular and are positioned axially one on the other. 15. Stator according to any one of claims 1 to 14, characterized in that said interconnector (22) is devoid of foot so as to rest directly on said coils (19). 1/12 STATE OF THE ART