Patent ID: 7368845

Claim:
An electric machine comprising: a rotor a stator having a core and a winding with a plurality of winding bars; at least one terminal; a plurality of supports distributed along a circumference of the stator in the area of an axial face of the core; a plurality of phase connector bars having a ring-segment shape extending along the circumference of the stator and resting on an internal radial side on at least one of the plurality of supports, each phase connector bar connecting one of the winding bars to the at least one terminal in the area of the axial face of the core so as to be electrically conductive, wherein at least one of the plurality of supports includes first and second stationary axial stops and supports at least one phase connector bar between the two axial stops so that an inside of the at least one phase connector bar facing the stator core is axially in contact with one of the first axial stop and a first spacer and so that an outside of the at least one phase connector bar facing away from the stator core is axially in contact with one of the second axial stop and a second spacer; and a pretensioning device exerting an axial spring force pressing the at least one phase connector bar against at least one of the first axial stop, the second axial stop, the first spacer, and the second spacer.