Stator, and stator manufacturing apparatus

A stator comprising a coil of conductive wires wound around a bobbin,

• wherein the conductive wires include a main conductive wire, a first auxiliary conductive wire, and a second auxiliary conductive wire, each of said first and second auxiliary conductive wires being associated with the main conductive wire and being thinner than the main conductive wire,
• wherein the main conductive wire is wound as turns arranged in arrays in a plurality of layers including at least first, second, and third layers, said first layer being adjacent the bobbin, said second layer being upwardly adjacent said first layer, and said third layer being upwardly adjacent said second layer, with adjacent turns of the main conductive wire in each of the first and second layers being in contact with one another and defining a valley therebetween that accommodates therein a turn of the main conductive wire in an upwardly adjacent layer,
• wherein the first auxiliary conductive wire and the second auxiliary conductive wire, which are associated with turns of the main conductive wire in the first layer, are wound as turns disposed in a first space and a second space, said first and second spaces being surrounded by adjacent turns of the main conductive wire in the first layer and the bobbin, and
• wherein, in the second and third layer, the first auxiliary conductive wire and the second auxiliary conductive wire, which are associated with one of the turns of the main conductive wire, are wound as turns disposed in a third space and a fourth space, respectively, the third space being surrounded by the associated one of the turns of the main conductive wire and adjacent turns of the main conductive wire in a layer that is downwardly adjacent the layer in which said associated one of the turns of the main conductive wire resides, and the fourth space being surrounded by the associated one of the turns of the main conductive wire, a turn adjacent to said associated one of the turns of the main conductive wire and in the same layer as said associated one of the turns of the main conductive wire, and a turn of the main conductive wire in the downwardly adjacent layer.