Patent ID: 8072115

Claim:
A stator for electrodynamic machines comprising: a coil structure configured to generate ampere-turn (â€œATâ€) flux, the coil structure comprising: a foil conductor including: an offset portion of the foil conductor configured to offset portions of the foil conductor; a first field pole member having multiple regions at which the portions of the foil conductor are disposed on the first field pole member, the first field pole member comprising: a first region and a second region, a first portion of the foil conductor disposed at the first region and a second portion of the foil conductor at the second region, the offset portion of the foil conductor coupling the first portion of the foil conductor to the second portion of the foil conductor; and a magnetically permeable material, wherein the first portion of the foil conductor and the second portion of the foil conductor are configured to generate portions of the ampere-turn (â€œATâ€) flux in the magnetically permeable material associated with the first region and the second region, respectively, wherein the first portion of the foil conductor is wound about the first region in a clockwise direction and the second portion of the foil conductor is wound about the second region in a counter clockwise direction; and a second field pole member around which the foil conductor is wound, wherein the foil conductor extends contiguously between the first field pole member and the second field pole member.