Distributed winding

A distributed winding for an electric machine, comprising:

• a coil body with a plurality of grooves distributed over a circumference of the coil body;
• wherein there are at least two poles for the winding,
• at least two parallel winding strands for each pole, wherein each winding strand includes at least one wire,
• the at least one wire having at least one groove region that runs axially in a groove and has a connection region at both ends,
• wherein the connection regions protrude axially above the coil body,
• wherein each winding strand has a plurality of contact pins that form connection regions on the both ends, and
• wherein at least some of the contact pins in the same phase are located in adjacent grooves, and
• wherein at least one of the adjacent contact pins in the same phase is bent along the circumference in order to minimize the spacing between the contact pins and to increase the spacing between contact pins of different phases.