Patent ID: 8575814

Claim:
An electric machine comprising: a core with a plurality of slots; a multi-phase winding arrangement positioned on the core, the winding arrangement including an equal number of conductors positioned in each of the plurality of slots, each of the plurality of conductors associated with a phase of the multi-phase winding arrangement, wherein the conductors in a first group of slots are associated with a first number of phases of the multi-phase winding arrangement, and wherein the conductors in a second group of slots are associated with a second number of phases of the multi-phase winding arrangement; and at least one slot liner with at least one slot liner channel positioned in each of the plurality of slots, wherein the number of slot liner channels in the first group of slots is equal to the first number of phases associated with the first group of slots, and wherein the number of slot liner channels in the second group of slots is equal to the second number of phases associated with the second group of slots, wherein the number of phases in the plurality of slots alternates between one and two for each successive slot of the plurality of slots such that the number of phases alternates in a one-two-one-two pattern.