Patent ID: 11923739
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. An electric motor, comprising:
a stator body that defines slots;
winding bars that are each disposed in one of the slots defined by the stator body; and
an end turn ring that is connected to the winding bars and includes bus bars that are arranged in a circular array, wherein the bus bars of the end turn ring include inner bus bars and outer bus bars that are arranged in pairs, with the outer bus bar of each pair located radially and circumferentially outward from the respective inner bus bar of each pair such that the outer bus bar of each pair is located adjacent to and outward from a first circumferential side of the respective inner bus bar, a second circumferential side of the respective inner bus bar, and an outer radial side of the respective inner bus bar.