Patent ID: 6941644

Claim:
A method of constructing a segmented wound member of an N phase electromechanical device, comprising: (A) winding N sets of stator segments, each segment comprising a respective, separate bobbin, the N sets of segments being wound with a single continuous length of wire for each set such that the segments of each set are electrically in series, including: (1) Arranging a plurality of segments in a side-by-side orientation along central axis, the plurality of segments forming one of the N sets of segments; (2) winding the single continuous length of wire on the bobbins of the plurality of segments about the central axis; and (3) repeating steps (1) and (2) for each of the remaining sets of segments; and (B) combining the N sets of segments in a common circumferentially adjacent circular arrangement to form the wound member, maintaining the single continuous length of wire of each segment on the bobbin on which the wire was wound.