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A first winding portion from a set of winding portions has a set of coils. Each coil of the first winding portion is associated with a different electrical phase from a set of electrical phases. Each coil of the first winding portion circumscribes a different area from a set of areas circumscribed b

A first winding portion from a set of winding portions has a set of coils. Each coil of the first winding portion is associated with a different electrical phase from a set of electrical phases. Each coil of the first winding portion circumscribes a different area from a set of areas circumscribed by the set of coils of the first winding portion. A second winding portion has a set of coils associated with the set of electrical phases and a third winding portion has a set of coils associated with the set of electrical phases. The first winding portion at least partially overlaps the second winding portion and the third winding portion such that each area from the set of area is substantially circumscribed by a coil associated with each electrical phase from the set of electrical phases.

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1. An apparatus, comprising: a first winding portion from a plurality of winding portions, the first winding portion having a plurality of coils, each coil from the plurality of coils of the first winding portion being associated with a different electrical phase from a plurality of electrical phase

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An apparatus, comprising: a first winding portion from a plurality of winding portions, the first winding portion having a plurality of coils, each coil from the plurality of coils of the first winding portion being associated with a different electrical phase from a plurality of electrical phases, each coil from the plurality of coils of the first winding portion circumscribing a different area from a plurality of areas circumscribed by the plurality of coils on the first winding portion, at least a portion of each coil from the plurality of coils of the first winding portion collectively defining a first layer,the first winding portion configured to at least partially overlap a second winding portion (1) from the plurality of winding portions and (2) having a plurality of coils associated with the plurality of electrical phases,the first winding portion configured to at least partially overlap a third winding portion (1) from the plurality of winding portions and (2) having a plurality of coils associated with the plurality of electrical phases, at least a portion of each coil from the plurality of coils of the second winding portion and at least a portion of each coil from the plurality of coils of the third winding portion collectively defining a second layer substantially parallel to the first layer,the first winding portion configured to at least partially overlap the second winding portion and the third winding portion such that an area on the second layer and between a portion of a coil, (1) from the plurality of coils of the second winding portion and (2) associated with an electrical phase from the plurality of electrical phases, and a portion of a coil, (1) from the plurality of coils of the third winding portion and (2) associated with the electrical phase, is substantially circumscribed by a coil (1) from the plurality of coils of the first winding portion and (2) associated with the electrical phase. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first winding portion is part of a laminated composite assembly. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first winding portion is configured to at least partially overlap the second winding portion and the third winding portion such that each area from the plurality of areas not circumscribed by each coil from the plurality of coils of the first winding portion is substantially circumscribed by at least one coil from the plurality of coils on the second winding portion or at least one coil from the plurality of coils on the third winding portion. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a coil from the plurality of coils of the first winding portion includes a first operative portion configured to facilitate current flow in a first direction and a second operative portion configured to facilitate current flow in a second direction substantially opposite the first direction, the first winding portion configured to at least partially overlap the second winding portion and the third winding portion such that the first operative portion substantially overlaps a operative portion configured to facilitate current flow in the first direction on the second winding portion and the second operative portion substantially overlaps an operative portion configured to facilitate current flow in the second direction on the third winding portion. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a first coil from the plurality of coils of the first winding portion is on a plurality of layers of the first winding portion. 6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first winding portion is configured such that a current is induced in each coil from the plurality of coils of the first winding portion in response to a magnetic field from a rotor moving with respect to the first winding portion. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first winding portion is configured to at least partially overlap the second winding portion such that an operative portion of a coil from the plurality of coils of the first winding portion and an operative portion of a coil (1) from the plurality of coils of the second winding portion and (2) substantially overlapping the coil from the plurality of coils of the first winding portion, are configured to facilitate current flow in a common direction and at a common phase angle. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first winding portion is configured to at least partially overlap the second winding portion such that at least one operative portion of a coil (1) associated with an electrical phase from the plurality of electrical phases and (2) from the plurality of coils of the first winding portion, at least partially overlaps at least one operative portion of a coil (1) associated with the electrical phase and (2) from the plurality of coils of the second winding portion. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of winding portions form a machine stator. 10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each area from the plurality of areas is a magnetic flux carrying area. 11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first layer is a first plane and the second layer is a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane. 12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of winding portions form a machine stator within a radial machine. 13. An apparatus, comprising: a plurality of winding portions, each winding portion from the plurality of winding portions having a plurality of coils associated with a plurality of electrical phases, each coil from the plurality of coils having an operative portion configured to facilitate current flow in a direction,each winding portion from the plurality of winding portions configured to substantially overlap at least one remaining winding portion from the plurality of winding portions such that the operative portion of a coil from the plurality of coils on that winding portion and associated with an electrical phase from the plurality of electrical phases (1) is substantially aligned with the operative portion of a coil from the plurality of coils on the at least one remaining winding portion and associated with the electrical phase from the plurality of electrical phases and (2) facilitates a current flow in substantially the same direction as a current flow of the operative portion of the coil from the plurality of coils on the at least one remaining winding portion with which the operative portion of the coil from the plurality of coils on that winding portion is substantially aligned. 14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein each winding portion from the plurality of winding portions is a laminated composite assembly. 15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the operative portion on each coil from the plurality of coils is a first operative portion, each coil from the plurality of coils having a second operative portion, each winding portion from the plurality of winding portions is configured to substantially overlap a first remaining winding portion from the plurality of winding portions and a second remaining winding portion from the plurality of winding portions such that the first operative portion of a coil on that winding portion is substantially aligned with the first operative portion of a coil on the first remaining winding portion and the second operative portion of the coil on that winding portion is substantially aligned with the second operative portion of the coil on the second remaining winding portion. 16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the operative portion on each coil from the plurality of coils is a first operative portion, the direction is a first direction, each coil from the plurality of coils including a second operative portion configured to facilitate current flow in a second direction substantially opposite the first direction. 17. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein a first coil from the plurality of coils of a winding portion from the plurality of winding portions is on a plurality of layers of the winding portion. 18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein each winding portion from the plurality of winding portions is configured such that a current is induced in each coil from the plurality of coils of that winding portion in response to a magnetic field from a rotor moving with respect to that winding portion. 19. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein a position, on a first winding portion from the plurality of winding portions, of the operative portion of a coil associated with the electrical phase and from the plurality of coils of the first winding portion is different than a position, on a second winding portion from the plurality of winding portions, of the operative portion of a coil associated with the electrical phase and from the plurality of coils of the second winding portion. 20. An apparatus, comprising: a plurality of winding portions, each winding portion from the plurality of winding portions having a plurality of coils, each coil from the plurality of coils of each winding portion from the plurality of winding portions (1) being associated with a different electrical phase from a plurality of electrical phases and (2) circumscribing a different area from a plurality of areas circumscribed by the plurality of coils on that winding portion,at least a portion of a coil (1) of a winding portion from the plurality of winding portions and (2) associated with a first electrical phase from the plurality of electrical phases, defining a layer,at least a portion of a coil (1) of the winding portion from the plurality of winding portions and (2) associated with a second electrical phase, from the plurality of electrical phases and different from the first electrical phase, being disposed on the layer,at least a portion of a coil (1) of the winding portion from the plurality of winding portions and 2 associated with a third electrical phase, from the plurality of electrical phases and different from the first electrical phase and the second electrical phase, being disposed on the layer,each winding portion from the plurality of winding portions configured to substantially overlap at least two remaining winding portions from the plurality of winding portions such that each area from the plurality of areas on each winding portion from the plurality of winding portions is circumscribed by a coil associated with each electrical phase from the plurality of electrical phases. 21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein each coil from the plurality of coils of each winding portion from the plurality of winding portions includes a first operative portion configured to facilitate current flow in a first direction and a second operative portion configured to facilitate current flow in a second direction substantially opposite the first direction, each winding portion from the plurality of winding portions configured to at least partially overlap a remaining winding portion from the at least two remaining winding portions such that the first operative portion of a coil associated with an electrical phase from the plurality of electrical phases and from the plurality of coils on that winding portion substantially overlaps the first operative portion of a coil associated with the electrical phase and from the plurality of coils on the remaining winding portion. 22. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein each winding portion from the plurality of winding portions is a laminated composite assembly. 23. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein each winding portion from the plurality of winding portions is configured to at least partially overlap a remaining winding portion from the at least two remaining winding portions such that the first operative portion of a coil associated with an electrical phase from the plurality of electrical phases and from the plurality of coils on that winding portion (1) facilitates a current flow in a first direction and (2) substantially overlaps the first operative portion of a coil associated with the electrical phase and from the plurality of coils on the remaining winding portion and which facilitates a current flow in the first direction. 24. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein a winding portion from the plurality of winding portions is configured such that a current is induced in each coil from the plurality of coils of the winding portion in response to a magnetic field from a rotor moving with respect to the winding portion. 25. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the layer is a plane. 26. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the plurality of winding portions form a machine stator within a radial machine.