Patent ID: 7034426

Claim:
An alternating current electric motor, comprising: a main winding; an additional winding; a capacitor connected in series relation to said additional winding; said additional winding and said capacitor being connected in parallel relation to said main winding; said additional winding being reversely connected with respect to said main winding so that current flows in a first direction through said main winding and in a second direction in said additional winding, said second direction being opposite to said first direction; said main winding having a first field direction; said additional winding having a second field direction opposite to said first field direction; said current flowing through said main winding having a first phase angle; said current flowing through said additional winding having a phase angle different from said first phase angle; and said main winding formed of a conductor having a cross-sectional area greater than a cross-sectional area of a conductor that forms said additional winding.