ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,000, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to BorgWarner Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Diamond coil stator with parallel paths and balanced winding arrangement" was invented by Kirk Neet (Noblesville, Ind.), Joshua B. Lahrman (Fishers, Ind.), Matthew R. Conner (Franklin, Ind.) and David A. Fulton (Anderson, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stator for an electric machine includes a core and a multi-phase winding arrangement positioned on the core. Each phase of the winding arrangement includes a plurality of parallel paths defining a plurality of poles for the electric machine. Each parallel path includes a plurality of coils positioned...