Patent ID: 8487498

Claim:
An electric machine comprising: a rotor; a stator disposed about an axis and having a plurality of slots parallel to the axis, the stator in register with the rotor; and a plurality of windings each of said plurality of windings having a generally rectangular cross section, a first portion, and a second portion, the first portion disposed radially inwardly of the second portion relative to the axis, wherein at least two of said plurality of windings are at least partially disposed within each of the plurality of slots, the first portion and the second portion of each of the plurality of windings at least partially disposed within the same slot, wherein the plurality of windings in each of the plurality of slots is aligned such that each first portion is in contact with at least one other first portion of the same slot to form an inner group common to each of the plurality of slots and each second portion is in contact with at least one other second portion of the same slot to form an outer group common to each of the plurality of slots, wherein the inner group of each of the plurality of slots is connected to the outer group of another non-adjacent slot, and the plurality of windings in each of the plurality of slots reduces resistive loss within the stator.