Patent ID: 7619345
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: H02K,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A stator coil comprising: first, second, third, and fourth linear segments, each having first and second planar broad sides; and transition segments, each having first and second planar broad sides and each joining a pair of the linear segments; the second and fourth linear segments extending in parallel along a first axis, the first and second broad sides of the second and fourth linear segments lying in a common plane; the first and third linear segments extending in parallel along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and the first and second broad sides of the first and third linear segments lying in different planes; the first planar broad side of each of the first, second, third and fourth linear segments being normal to a line that intersects a common third axis, the third axis parallel to the second axis; and the respective first planar broad sides of each linear segment and each transition segment being continuous.