Patent ID: 7005772

Claim:
A stator for an electric machine comprising: a generally cylindrically-shaped stator core having a plurality of circumferentially-spaced and axially-extending core teeth that define a plurality of circumferentially-spaced and axially-extending core slots in a surface thereof, the core slots extending between a first and a second end of the stator core; and a stator winding having a plurality of phases, each phase including a pair of conductors connected in parallel and having a plurality of slot segments housed in the core slots, the slot segments alternatively connected at the first and second ends of the stator core by a plurality of end loop segments; at least half of the end loop segments connect a first slot segment housed in a radial position of a first core slot with a second slot segment housed in the same radial position of a second core slot, each pair of conductors including a first conductor and a second conductor, and having an end loop segment with a pitch of N, and an end loop segment with a pitch of N-2, such that the end loop segment of the first conductor and the end loop segment of the second conductor do not cross one another and each pair of conductors are substantially in phase with one another such that the stator has two slots per phase per pole.