Patent ID: 7166947

Claim:
An electrical machine, in particular a direct current motor for vehicles, comprising: a multi-pole stator having an annular pole housing ( 1 ) and a plurality of magnets ( 2 ) that are located on an inside face of the pole housing ( 1 ); and a magnet splinter guard ( 3 ), wherein said magnet splinter guard ( 3 ) shields the magnets ( 2 ) inward in the radial direction toward a rotor, wherein the magnet splinter guard ( 3 ) is formed from a rectangular blank, has an overlapping region ( 4 ), extending in the circumferential direction over an axial length of the magnet splinter guard ( 3 ), and on each end ( 6 , 7 ) of the magnet splinter guard ( 3 ) located in the axial direction, a respective centering ring ( 8 ) is located, for centering the magnet splinter guard ( 3 ), wherein the magnets ( 2 ) have pole lift ( 10 ), and the overlapping region ( 4 ) of the magnet splinter guard ( 3 ) is located on the pole lift ( 10 ).