be appreciated that the term u201c skip u201d is provided on the drawings with lead arrows to indicate where a stator slot exists but is not to be populated by a slot segment 14 during that particular pass in the embodiment depicted in fig2 a and 2b slot 43 and 86 are skipped in the first pass p 1 and slot 37 and 80 are skipped in the second pass p 2 additional winding passes will repeat the fig2 a and fig2 b patterns in alternating manner the schematic view of this winding pattern of fig2 a and 2b can be seen in fig3 after the completion of eight passes illustrated in fig3 as a partial cross sectional representation of a stator core is a configuration wound as in fig2 a 2 b and where slot 37 and 43 of the stator core are populated by only 4 slot segments each and therefore slots 37 and 43 as well as slots 80 and 86 not shown in fig3 are populated by fewer slot segments than the rest of the slots after eight passes the resulting winding of fig2 a and 2b conductors is further illustrated schematically in fig4 so that the step of each phase of conductors radially inwardly at the end of each pass can be visualized it is to be understood that p 1 p 8 are passes further in order to make fig1 a and 10b discussed hereinafter clear each lead on each conductor each conductor will have two leads is labeled separately for example leads a 1 and a 7 extend from each end of a single conductor similarly a 6 and a 12 extend from each end of a.