Patent ID: 6885124

Claim:
A stator for an electric machine, comprising: a generally cylindrically-shaped stator core having a plurality of circumferentially spaced and axially-extending core slots in a surface thereof, said core slots extending between a first and a second end of said stator core; and a stator winding having a plurality of phases, each of said phases comprising a plurality of partial wraps which are aligned in a radial direction; said plurality of partial wraps having a plurality of slot segments disposed in said core slots, said slot segments alternately connected at said first and second ends of said stator core by a plurality of end loop segments; and said plurality of partial wraps of at least one of said phases include at least one partial wrap having a first structure and at least one partial wrap having a second structure wherein said first structures alternate in the radial direction with said second structures; said end loop segments of a particular partial wrap include a first sloped portion substantially co-radial with said slot segments of said particular partial wrap and a second sloped portion substantially non-co-radial with said slot segments of said particular partial wrap.