Abstract: An apparatus for winding a wire around a toroidal core is disclosed which includes a core holder for supporting the toroidal core, moving the same in the directions of first and second axes and rotating the same, first and second clamps for clamping one end of the wire, a clamp driver for holding the first and second clamps and moving the position thereof in the directions of the first and second axes and rotating the same, a wire holder positioned near the toroidal core for supporting the wire, a detector for detecting the position of the wire and the aperture of the toroidal core and a control device for controlling the core holder and the clamp driver by the output from the detector.

Abstract: A wire having conductor core, insulating film formed on the conductor core and adhesive film formed on the insulating film is closely and fixedly wound by a predetermined number of turns. Thus, a coil for an electric motor is obtained. A pair of electrodes are formed by stripping portions of the insulating film and portions of the adhesive film formed on the insulating film.

Abstract: A coil assembly for a flat brushless motor comprises a coil of wire, and a bobbin including a flangeless plate-like portion having a peripheral surface on which the coil is wound with the axis of the coil being normal to opposed major surfaces of the plate-like portion, and with at least a part of the peripheral surface having a profile which deviates from a parallel to the coil axis so as to include sections angled in opposite direction from such parallel to the axis for preventing movement of the coil relative to the bobbin in the direction of the coil axis. The mentioned profile of the peripheral surface may be V-shaped and either outwardly concave or convex, or the peripheral surface may have a ridge extending therealong to define such profile.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a coreless armature winding for an electric machine, such as a motor, having two or more poles. A source of wire is revolved in a fixed orbit about a rotatable cylinder, the axis of this orbit being inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the cylinder. The wire is guided about first and second guide members positioned at opposite spaced apart locations on the surface of the cylinder. These guide members define the opposite ends of the coreless armature winding such that when the wire is wound thereabout, one complete turn is formed on the surface of the cylinder. The cylinder is rotated about its longitudinal axis in synchronism with the revolution of the wire, the cylinder being rotated by a predetermined angle corresponding to the pitch of the winding so that, as the wire continues to revolve, successive skewed turns are formed on the surface of the cylinder.