Abstract: In a method for manufacturing an electric motor comprising a rotor and a stator a placeholder for a temperature sensor is inserted in the axial direction between a first coil layer and an adjacent second coil layer of a winding head such that the placeholder is situated in a gap-shaped recess extending between the first and the second coil layers, the first coil layer is then pressed onto a circumferential surface of the placeholder and onto the second coil layer and is plastically deformed such that a space between the lateral surfaces of the two coil layers and the circumferential surface of the placeholder is reduced, and a contact surface between the lateral surface of the first coil layer and the circumferential surface of the placeholder is enlarged. By removing the placeholder, a receiving chamber is subsequently formed in the winding head, into which a temperature sensor is then inserted.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an electric motor (1) comprising a rotor and a stator (3), the stator (3) thereof comprising a hollow cylindrical stator metal sheet (5) and a distributed winding (6) consisting of a plurality of peripheral coil layers (9, 9?, 9?) arranged one above the other in a layered manner. According to said method, a place holder for a temperature sensor (11) for detecting a temperature of the winding (6) is inserted in the axial direction between a first coil layer (91) and an adjacent second coil layer (9?) of a winding head (7) of the winding (6) in such a way that the place holder is arranged in a gap-like recess extending between the first coil layer (9*) and the second coil layer (9?).