Flat conductor windings and electric rotary machines embodying same

Claim 1

A WINDING MEMBER FOR AN ELECTRIC ROTARY MACHINE COMPRISING A FLAT ELONGATED INSULATING CARRIER OF FINITE LENGTH, AT LEAST ONE WINDING BAND ON SAID CARRIER EXTENDING OVER THE LENGTH THEREOF, A WINDING SECTION WITHIN SAID WINDING BAND COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND SETS OF HALF-TURN CONDUCTORS ON OPPOSITE FACES OF SAID CARRIER, EACH SET LEAVING AT RELATIVELY OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE WINDING BAND FROM ONE SET TO THE OTHER ONE A BARE INSULATING SURFACE EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY OVER THE SPAN OF ONE POLAR PITCH OF SAID WINDING SECTION, EACH HALF-TURN CONDUCTOR EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSELY TO THE WINDING BAND WITH ENDS LATERALLY SHIFTED AT THE SPAN OF SUBSTANTIALLY ONE-HALF OF SAID POLAR PITCH, SAID SHIFT BEING RELATIVELY REVERSED FROM ONE SET TO THE OPPOSITE ONE, FACE-TO-FACE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE REGISTERING HALF-CONDUCTOR ENDS COMPLETE IN ONE ROW OF SUCH ENDS AND PARTIAL BETWEEN THE REGISTERING CONDUCTOR ENDS IN THE OTHER ROW OF SUCH ENDS, AND ADDITIONAL CONDUCTOR MEANS ON SAID CARRIER FOR CLOSING THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT OF SAID WINDING SECTION BY CONNECTING BY PAIRS BETWEEN OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID WIDING BAND THOSE ENDS OF HALF-TURN CONDUCTORS NOT INCLUDED IN SAID FACE-TO-FACE CONNECTIONS IN SAID OTHER ROW.