Patent ID: 7075206

Claim:
A stator for an electric machine, comprising: a generally cylindrically-shaped stator core having a plurality of circumferentially-spaced and axially-extending core teeth that define a plurality of circumferentially-spaced and axially-extending core slots in a surface thereof, the core slots extending between a first and a second end of the stator core; and a stator winding having a plurality of phases, each of the phases including a first set of conductors connected in parallel and a second set of conductors connected in parallel, the first set of conductors being connected in series to the second set conductors to define a single phase of the stator winding; the first set of conductors and the second set of conductors occupying adjacent slots within the stator core such that each single phase of the stator winding occupies two adjacent slots within the stator core; each individual conductor having a plurality of slot segments housed in the core slots, the slot segments alternately connected at the first and second ends of the stator core by a plurality of end loop segments.