Patent ID: 7646127

Claim:
A motor comprising: a stator; and a control portion arranged to execute flux weakening control with respect to a three phase excitation current supplied to the stator; wherein the stator includes: a stator core having a plurality of teeth extending in a radial direction and arranged in a circumferential direction so as to be spaced evenly apart from one another and centered about a central axis to thereby define a plurality of slots between the plurality teeth; a first slot, a second slot, a third slot, a fourth slot, and a fifth shot, each of the first slot, the second slot, the third slot, the fourth slot, and the fifth slot are arranged between respective pairs of the teeth and each of the first slot, the second slot, the third slot, the fourth slot, and the fifth slot are directly adjacent to one another in the circumferential direction; a plurality of coils arranged to extend through the plurality of slots in a distributed winding manner; each of the plurality of coils including: a first winding arranged in both the first slot and the fourth slot; and a second winding arranged in the second slot and the fifth slot.