Patent ID: 7518271

Claim:
An electrical machine, comprising a stator ( 16 ) retained in a housing ( 13 ), the stator ( 16 ) being retained in the housing ( 13 ) such that a coolant can flow around the outside of the stator ( 16 ) from one of its axial face ends ( 57 ) to a circumferential region of the stator ( 16 ), defining a flow cross section of the flow course through the stator ( 16 ) and the housing ( 13 ), wherein the flow course is defined toward the stator by outer stator teeth ( 62 ) located on the outer circumference of the stator ( 16 ), wherein the stator ( 16 ) is retained in the housing ( 13 ) via its outer stator teeth ( 62 ), and the housing ( 13 ) rests on an axial face end ( 57 ) of the outer stator teeth ( 62 ), while the outer stator teeth ( 62 ) are received in a fitted fashion by a housing opening, wherein the housing ( 13 ) has radially inwardly extending housing teeth ( 71 ) resting on the axial end face ( 57 ) of the outer stator teeth ( 62 ) and wherein the coolant discharges outwardly on the outer circumference of the stator ( 16 ).