Patent ID: 8294323

Claim:
An electric machine comprising: a stator having a surface defining a plurality of slots; a rotor opposing said surface of said stator and rotatable about a longitudinal axis relative to said stator; and at least one conducting wire disposed within each of said plurality of slots, said at least one conducting wire including a transverse cross section defining a first side and a second side, wherein each of said first side and said second side includes at least one concave depression; wherein each of said at least one conducting wire includes a third side and a fourth side parallel with said third side; wherein said at least one concave depression in each of said first side and said second side extends between said third side and said fourth side; and wherein said at least one concave depression includes a width and a length, wherein said width of said concave depression in each of said first side and said second side is measured parallel to said first side and said second side respectively, and said length of said concave depression in each of said first side and said second side is measured perpendicular to said first side and said second side respectively, wherein said width is greater than said length.