Patent ID: 7732954
Filing Date: 2010-06-08
Classification: H02K

Abstract:
1. An electrical machine, comprising: an armature shaft; an armature winding; an armature provided with armature grooves for accommodating said armature windings and non-rotatably supported on said armature shaft; at least one heat-conducting element provided in a region of at least one end face of said armature provided for conducting heat away from said armature; and a fan wheel which is non-rotatably supported on said armature shaft and is connected with said armature in a thermally conductive manner via said at least one heat-conducting element, wherein said armature has an armature recess and said fan wheel has a fan wheel recess, wherein said armature and said fan wheel have a common axis and said heat-conducting element is radially spaced from said common axis of said armature and said fan wheel, and wherein said heat-conducting element has opposite end portions inserted in and extending through said armature recess and said fan wheel recess in heat-conductive contact with said armature and said fan wheel at a location radially spaced from said common axis of said armature and said fan wheel.