Patent ID: 8736127

Claim:
A dynamoelectric device comprising: a stack of laminates that form a plurality of armatures arranged circumferentially about an axis, the axis defining axial, radial, and circumferential directions; a first set of electrically conductive winding members extending axially through the stack of laminates and being positioned circumferentially between an adjacent pair of the armatures; a second set of electrically conductive winding members extending axially through the stack of laminates and being positioned circumferentially between another adjacent pair of the armatures; a first set of end-turn members, the end-turn members of the first set of end-turn members being connected to the winding members of the first set of electrically conductive winding members in a one-to-one manner, each of the end-turn members of the first set of end-turn members being disposed within a unique axial volume of space, the axial volumes of space constituting a first set of axial volumes of space and being axially spaced from each other in a manner defining a second set of axial volumes of space interleaved with the first set of axial volumes of space; a second set of end-turn members, the end-turn members of the second set of end-turn members being connected to the winding members of the second set of electrically conductive winding members in a one-to-one manner and to each of the end-turn members of the first set of end-turn members in a one-to-one manner, each of the end-turn members of the second set of end-turn members being disposed within a unique one of the axial volumes of space of the second set of axial volumes of space.