Patent ID: 8143752

Claim:
An electric motor comprising a rotor ( 52 ) rotatable about a rotation axis ( 56 ); a stator ( 60 ) associated with said rotor ( 52 ), which stator is equipped with salient poles, on each of which is provided a respective winding, which windings ( 88 to 99 ) together form a winding arrangement ( 85 ′), electrical connecting leads ( 88 ′ to 99 ′) being provided between at least some of the windings ( 88 to 99 ); electrical connecting elements ( 108 - 119 ), arranged on at least one insulating carrier ( 102 ), that are equipped with contact elements ( 108 ″ to 119 ″) and with mounting elements ( 108 ″″ to 119 ″″), said mounting elements serving for electrical and mechanical connection to the connecting leads ( 88 ′ to 99 ′), at least some of said connecting elements providing electrical interconnection between said winding arrangement ( 85 ′) and a supply voltage source; a first circuit board serving as an electrical connecting arrangement ( 140 ) that is equipped with at least one electrical lead ( 120 , 122 , 124 ) and is formed with associated receiving openings ( 188 to 199 ) for contact elements ( 108 ″ to 119 ″) of at least two of said electrical connecting elements ( 108 to 119 ), in order to enable an electrical connection from the relevant connecting lead ( 88 ′ to 99 ′), via the mounting element associated with said lead, the connecting element ( 108 to 119 ) associated with said mounting element, and at least one resilient contact element ( 108 ″ to 119 ″) provided on said connecting element, to the at least one lead ( 120 , 122 , 124 ) of the electrical connecting arrangement ( 140 ); a second circuit board ( 170 ) separated from and spaced a predetermined distance from said first circuit board ( 140 ), said second circuit board serving as a terminating member for electrical connection of said winding arrangement ( 85 ′); and wherein at least one of said electrical connecting elements includes a first subelement ( 108 ″) configured to electrically connect to said first circuit board ( 140 ) and a second subelement ( 108 ′″) configured to electrically connect to said second circuit board ( 170 ).