Method of manufacturing a stator for a slotless electric motor

A method of manufacturing a stator for a slotless electric motor, the method comprising:

• disposing a conductor in the shape of an annular cylinder;
• bonding a plurality of bonded lengths of the conductor wherein the bonded lengths comprise regions of the conductor wherein adjacent wires are bonded along the bonded lengths and wherein the average spacing between adjacent wires is smaller in the bonded lengths than in non-bonded lengths, wherein the plurality of bonded lengths are separated by non-bonded lengths;
• folding the conductor to provide a plurality of petals repeated along the conductor, wherein each petal comprises a pair of bonded lengths connected by a non-bonded length, wherein the pair of bonded lengths are disposed parallel to each other, and wherein:
• adjacent petals on the conductor are connected by a non-bonded length;
• and,
• the non-bonded lengths in the petals are bounded by a circumference of a first circle, wherein the first circle has a first diameter;
• the non-bonded lengths which connect the petals are bounded by a circumference of a second circle, wherein the second circle has a second diameter, wherein the second diameter is less than the first diameter, and wherein the first circle and second circle are coplanar and concentric;
• rotating each petal about a point on the second circle to align in parallel the bonded lengths of all of the petals to thereby provide the stator comprising a cylindrically-shaped conductor having a diameter equal to the second diameter and wherein the bonded lengths are equidistantly disposed around and from a central longitudinal axis of the cylindrically-shaped conductor.