Patent ID: 8729767

Claim:
An electrical machine ( 1 ) having a rotor ( 2 ) which has a plurality of laminates ( 4 ), with one laminate ( 4 ) of the rotor ( 2 ) being divided into a plurality of laminate sectors ( 6 , 7 , 8 ) in a circumferential direction ( 5 ), between which laminate sectors ( 6 , 7 , 8 ) magnet pockets ( 9 , 10 ) are formed, with the laminate ( 4 ) having an inner attachment crown ( 15 ), with the laminate ( 4 ) having connection elements ( 20 , 23 , 24 ) which connect the laminate sectors ( 6 , 7 , 8 ) to the attachment crown ( 15 ), and with a first one of the connection elements ( 20 ) having a main web ( 21 ), at least one side arm ( 30 ) which branches off from the main web ( 21 ) in the circumferential direction ( 5 ), and at least one side arm ( 31 ) which branches off from the main web ( 21 ) in an opposite direction to the circumferential direction ( 5 ), the laminate ( 4 ) being a single piece.