ELECTRIC MOTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH AN ELECTRIC MOTOR

The invention relates to an electric motor (1) which comprises a rotor and a stator (3) and the hollow cylindrical stator (3) of which has a distributed winding (5) that consists of a plurality of circumferential coil layers (8) arranged one over the other in layers and comprises a winding head (6). In order to detect a winding head temperature, a temperature sensor (7) is arranged in the windinghead (6). According to the invention, a dimensionally stable sensor receiving element (9) is provided which comprises a functional section (14) that has a receiving area for the temperature sensor (7)and which is added between two adjacent coil layers (8) arranged one over the other such that the functional section (14) is fixed in the winding head (6) between the two coil layers (8) which are spread apart by the introduction of the functional section (14) and such that the temperature sensor (7) can be inserted into or removed from the receiving area through an opening arranged in a base section (16) of the sensor re