A coil-forming wire material which can be efficiently arranged in slots of a motor core so as to down-size coil ends, thereby making the coil and a motor compact. The coil-forming wire material comprises a plurality of flexible thin wires. The thin wires are stuck at given portions such that they...http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US5787567?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5787567 - Coil-forming wire material and method of manufacturing such material