Patent ID: 7365467

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, N, of phases, each phase including a conductor having a plurality of slot segments housed in the core slots, the slot segments alternately connected at the first and second ends of the stator core by a plurality of end loop segments; at least one conductor having at least one slot segment that is switched with an adjacent conductor such that the at least one conductor has at least one end loop segment having a pitch equal to N+1 and the end loop segment of the adjacent conductor has a pitch equal to N−1, wherein the end loop segment of the at least one conductor and the end loop segment of the adjacent conductor do not cross one another.