Patent ID: 9455613
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: H02K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A winding for a rotor having a rotor body, comprising: a plurality of first axial sections located in a first slot of the rotor body; a plurality of second axial sections located in a second slot of the rotor body; a plurality of end arc sections, wherein each end arc section is oriented transverse to an associated axial section; and first and second integrated leg sections that extend from each end arc section to form associated first and second corner sections, respectively, wherein the first and second leg sections are affixed to associated first and second axial sections located in the first and second slots, respectively, at first and second joints, respectively, wherein the first and second joints are spaced apart from the first and second corner sections, respectively, by a distance such that the first and second joints are not subjected to stress concentration which occurs at the first and second corner sections, respectively, thereby connecting each end arc section between an associated first axial section in the first slot and an associated second axial section in the second slot.