On Internally Toothed Core (e.g., Motor Stator) Patents (Class 242/432)
  • Patent number: 11710999
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a stator according to the disclosure includes a clamping process of clamping, among coil ends of segment coils assembled into a stator core, a pair of coil ends adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction, by a clamp jig that presses the pair of coil ends in the circumferential direction, and a welding process of welding the coil ends exposed through an opening portion provided in the clamp jig. The clamp jig includes a pressuring structure that increases a pressing force in a direction away from weld faces of the coil ends welded in the welding process, the pressuring structure being provided on at least one of sideward pressing faces that come into contact with side faces of the coil ends that are provided orthogonal to the weld faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Mizushima
  • Patent number: 10865149
    Abstract: A metal detectible plastic material, including a plurality of plastic particles defining a plastic portion and a plurality of high magnetic permeability metallic particles distributed throughout the plastic portion to define an admixture. The plastic particles and the metallic particles are generally the same size and shape, and each respective high magnetic permeability metallic particle has a magnetic permeability of at least 0.0001 H/m. The plastic particles are selected from the group consisting of high molecular mass polymers, thermoplastics, thermosetting polymers, amorphous plastics, crystalline plastics, resin-based materials, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas Blaszczykiewicz
  • Patent number: 10566857
    Abstract: To provide an iron core and a motor for preventing reduction in motor drive efficiency. An iron core includes laminate section made up of a lamination of plural soft magnetic ribbons, fixed to metal substrate, and provided with winding, and fastening part that pressurizes laminate section in a lamination direction of soft magnetic ribbons. Also, the fastening part is disposed around an opening of through-hole that penetrates laminate section. Furthermore, a metal plate shaped so as not to cover winding section is provided between laminate section and fastening part. Besides, the motor includes a rotor and the iron core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Nishikawa, Taihei Okada, Tohru Kojima
  • Patent number: 10177632
    Abstract: A brushless motor includes: a columnar rotor including magnets; a stator including at its center a space for placing the rotor; a housing member that houses the rotor and the stator; and a detector that detects a signal dependent on a rotational position of the rotor based on variation in a magnetic field associated with a rotation of the rotor. The housing member includes a front bell that supports a portion of the rotating shaft of the rotor and a housing body that supports another portion of the rotating shaft of the rotor. The front bell includes a mount fitted with the detector. The mount projects from the base toward an end face of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: MABUCHI MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke Miyajima
  • Publication number: 20140209729
    Abstract: A coil former provides for restricted cross-over locations for a coil resulting in an optimum wire packing at all points within the coil. The coil former has a first side wall in a spaced relation to an opposing second side wall, wherein a cavity formed between the side walls accommodates multiple turns of wire for forming a coil. A block is fixed between the opposing first and second side walls and has its peripheral wall surface tapered from the first wall surface inwardly toward the opposing second wall surface for preferentially receiving and positioning turns of wire forming the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Inventor: William R. Benner, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140152140
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric machine, in particular a brushless permanent magnet motor, comprising a stator which comprises a plurality of teeth having at least one needle-wound winding strand, the at least one winding strand having at least two windings on adjacent teeth which are arranged in series, the at least two windings each comprising at least one winding layer, a needle channel being provided which is formed between the at least two windings by a crossing portion of the at least two windings and is filled at least in part. The present invention further relates to a method for winding a coil of an electric machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Brose Fahzeugteile GmhN & Co. Kommanditgesellschaf Wurzburg
    Inventor: Stefan Keul
  • Publication number: 20130300247
    Abstract: A stator of a rotating electric machine includes: a plurality of teeth having a same shape are arranged in a radial direction toward a rotary shaft core with base ends thereof being coupled to a core back in a ring shape; a slot formed between the adjacent teeth; a flange portion formed projecting to opposite sides of apical ends of the teeth; a slot inlet formed between the adjacent flange portions; a winding area formed around each teeth; and a wire wound via an insulator having a same shape in each winding area. A first wire is wound around first teeth provided alternately, and a second wire is wound around second teeth put between the first teeth, and the first wire and the second wire are wound in a different shape in a sectional shape of opposing portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumiaki Tsuchiya, Akira Watarai, Daisuke Shijyo
  • Publication number: 20130153702
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stator includes a first winding step of, with annular conductors of a first coil portion being placed in a coil holding unit, inserting the annular conductors into the respective slots by a coil pushing-out unit; and a second winding step of, after the first coil winding step, with annular conductors of a second coil portion placed in the coil holding unit, moving a positioning unit in an axial direction at least from one end of the stator core to the other end of the stator core in the axial direction, and inserting the annular conductors into the respective slots by the coil pushing-out unit while a part of the first coil portion, which is located in the slots, is pressed in a direction from the opening of the slot toward an inside of the slot by the radial end faces of the projecting teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventors: Yasuo YAMAGUCHI, Katsuyuki HAYASHI, Shigeki SATO
  • Publication number: 20120292423
    Abstract: A method and device for winding a rotor or a stator (2), of a rotary electrical machine, having a series of teeth (21) which are delimited by notches (22). In each notch there are inserted M continuous electric wires (3) constituting a turn; M being equal to 1 or more, characterised in that n×M wires (3) are wound simultaneously in a number n of notches (22), n corresponding to the number of phases and being ?2. The assembly of the M wires (3) constituting a phase, being inserted in a single notch (22). The device for winding has at least two carriages (4, 5), with a series of teeth, delimited by n notches (40, 50). And, likewise corresponding to the winding, each set of M continuous electric wires (3) constituting a turn, is characterised in that M×n wires (3) are inserted simultaneously in the extension of the n notches (22) of the rotary electrical machine in the n notches (40, 50) in the respective carriages (4, 5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Xavier Dunesme, Jérôme Fournier, Jean-Pierre Chochoy, Ludovic Darras, Alain Defebvin, Stéphane De Clercq, Olivier Luittre, David Desmet, Nicolas Langlard
  • Patent number: 8196283
    Abstract: In a method for manufacturing an axial air-gap electronic motor, a plurality of core member and a plurality of dummy members are prepared, wherein each of the dummy members has a shape same as that of the core members. Then, the plurality of core members is arranged such that teeth surfaces of the core members face each other, and the dummy member is arranged between predetermined core members. Thereafter, a coil is wound from one end side toward the other end side of the core members through the dummy member continuously without cutting. A part of the coil corresponding to a transition wire set between the core members is wound on the dummy member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu General Limited
    Inventors: Tomonori Kojima, Toshiaki Tanno, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Yoichi Tanabe, Hirokazu Matsuzaki, Masaki Yamada, Masanori Murakami
  • Publication number: 20110273051
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stator core winding method for a motor and a structure thereof. The method includes preparing a stator core including a plurality of core cavities; winding a pair of second-phase coils into the plurality of core cavities of the stator core; winding a pair of first-phase coils, a pair of the second-phase coils and two pairs of third-phase coils into the plurality of core cavities of the stator core; and winding two pairs of the first-phase coils, a pair of the second-phase coils and a pair of the third-phase coils into the plurality of core cavities of the stator core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventor: Chung SHUNG-LIN
  • Publication number: 20100243785
    Abstract: A method of winding an electric motor core member includes continuously winding a single conductor about a portion of an electric motor core member, and separating the single, continuously wound conductor into multiple phase windings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: REMY TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Brad Chamberlin, Sean Stanley
  • Patent number: 7735768
    Abstract: A winding device (1) for a multi polar armature, which simultaneously winds a plurality of wire rods (5) onto a core (7) on which a plurality of winding cores (9) are arranged circularly, includes an index mechanism (11) for rotating the core (7) about a central axis thereof, a nozzle (3) for reeling out the plurality of wire rods (5), and a nozzle moving mechanism (12) for moving the nozzle (3). Every time the nozzle (3) completes a single revolution around the winding core (9), a twist (6) occurring in the wire rods (5) is undone by having the index mechanism (11) cause the core (7) to perform a single revolution about a central axis (T) thereof and having the nozzle moving mechanism (12) cause the nozzle (3) to follow the winding core (9) as the core (7) performs the single revolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Nittoku Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaoru Noji
  • Patent number: 7712697
    Abstract: An apparatus for winding wire about a tooth of a core includes an amount of wire, a winding member configured to receive a portion of the amount of wire, and a winding device operatively coupled to the winding member. The winding device being configured to apply a number of wraps of the amount of wire to at least one of a plurality of teeth of the core. The number of wraps including a number of twists that is fewer than the number of wraps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Remy Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Bradley D. Chamberlin, Mark A. Stephenson, Larry A. Kubes
  • Patent number: 7694909
    Abstract: A method of winding a flexible core includes forming a flexible core member having a first end portion, a second end portion and a plurality of teeth each having a central axis with the plurality of teeth being arranged in a substantially linear array. The method also includes manipulating the flexible core member into an inverted core form having an outer portion and an inner portion with the plurality of teeth extending out from the outer portion away from the inner portion, positioning a winding member including an amount of wire adjacent one of the plurality of teeth, and rotating the flexible core member about the central axis of the one of the plurality of teeth. The method further includes applying wraps of the wire to the one of the plurality of teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Remy Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Bradley D. Chamberlin, Mark A. Stephenson, Larry A. Kubes
  • Publication number: 20100066197
    Abstract: In a stator winding method for winding conductive wires 8 around teeth 4a to 4f of a stator core 4 having 3n teeth 4a to 4f and 3n slots 5a to 5f by use of a bobbin machine 12 having three nozzles 13, the slots 5a to 5f on both sides of the teeth 4a, 4d, 4f in the nth winding process are formed, in respective slot portions on the side of the teeth 4a, 4d, 4f in the nth winding process, so that respective depths “A” are all smaller than respective depths “B” of the remaining portions. At the final stage of the nth winding process, the nozzles 13 are moved from the interior side of the slots 5a to 5f toward the inner circumferential side of the stator core 3 and furthermore, the conductive wires 8 are wound around the teeth 4b, 4d, 4f so that each gap 14 between the conductive wires 8 wound around the teeth 4b, 4d, 4f and the conductive wires 8 wound around the teeth 4a, 4c, 4e is smaller than an outer diameter of the nozzle 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Applicant: TOSHIBA CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshihiko Futami
  • Publication number: 20090261194
    Abstract: A winding apparatus includes a head 12 that supports a nozzle 11; a head support shaft 13 that supports the head 12; a traverse shaft 14 that rotates about an axial center independently of the head support shaft 13 and is connected to the head support shaft 13 in an axial direction; a shaft connecting device 15 that connects the two shafts 13, 14 such that when the head support shaft 13 rotates about the axial center, the rotation thereof is transmitted to the traverse shaft 14, but when the traverse shaft 14 rotates about the axial center, the rotation thereof is not transmitted to the head support shaft 13; a head rotating mechanism 16 that rotates the head 12 about the axial center by rotating the head support shaft 13 such that the traverse shaft 14 rotates in synchronization with the head support shaft 13; a nozzle moving mechanism 18 that moves the nozzle 11 in an axial diametrical direction by rotating the traverse shaft 14 such that the traverse shaft 14 rotates relative to the head support shaft 13;
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: Nittoku Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keiji Naitou
  • Publication number: 20090189473
    Abstract: A rotor for a brushless motor is resistant to degradation in alternative fuels and has desirable magnetic properties. A stator for a brushless DC motor includes coils wound both clockwise and counterclockwise around teeth of a back iron. Pairs of the coils are electrically connected in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Harold L. Castle, David M. Dokas
  • Patent number: 7325764
    Abstract: A winding machine for winding wire on a stator stack for a dynamo-electric machine including a wire supply, a stripper station for selectively stripping wire at predetermined locations, a wire feed mechanism and winding station including a winding spindle movable in reciprocating and oscillating movement. The feed mechanism is capable of conveying plural wires to the winding spindle including three pairs of wires to respective exit apertures on the winding spindle. The winding station includes twisting assemblies, where a twisting assembly is provided for each pair of wires for twisting the pair of wires together and for gripping and manipulating the wires during a winding operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Globe Motors, Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry C. Burch, Jitendra Ghanekar, James Moran, Andrew R. Davis
  • Publication number: 20080017746
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing an internal wound stator includes a winding arbor configured to receive a conductive wire. The apparatus also has a stator loader, and receives a stator having a generally cylindrical shape with an interior opening and having a plurality of axial slots formed therein. The interior dimension of the stator is larger than the exterior dimension of the winding arbor such that the winding arbor and stator may traverse with respect to one another. The apparatus also has a first movable member configured for moving at least one of the winding arbor and the stator. The apparatus also has a second rotating member configured to rotate at least one of the stator and the winding arbor. The conductive wire is introduced through an interior of the winding arbor. The first movable member is configured to move at least one of the winding arbor and the stator relative to one another to wind the conductive wire in a first longitudinal manner and into a first of the plurality of axial slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: Robert M. Jones
    Inventors: Robert M. Jones, Joseph M. Lisiecki
  • Publication number: 20070271767
    Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide a technique for easily installing many turns of a coil winding on a stator. Representative method for manufacturing a motor includes preparing the coil wound into a ring-like form and tied, preparing the split core such that the spacing between the pair pole pieces in the circumferential direction of the split core corresponds to the inner dimension of the coil in the circumferential direction of the split core, inserting the tied coil into the two coil receiving parts through the openings and then, deforming the split core such that the spacing between the pair pole pieces is increased to be longer than the inner dimension of the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Publication date: November 29, 2007
    Applicant: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroshi Murase
  • Patent number: 7243873
    Abstract: In a winding apparatus (1) of a stator (multi polar armature) winding a bundle of plural wire rods (5) on a circular core in which teeth (winding core) (9) are arranged circularly, an index mechanism (11) rotating the circular core (8) around its central axis, a core turning mechanism (30) turning the index mechanism (11), a nozzle (3) reeling out a plurality of wire rods (5), and a nozzle travel mechanism (15) traveling the nozzle in the three dimensional directions are provided. The index mechanism (11) and the nozzle travel mechanism (15) travel the nozzle (3) around each tooth (9) to wind the wire rods around each tooth (9), as well as the core turning mechanism (30) turns the index mechanism (11) and also the circular core (8) to eliminate the twist produced in the wire rods (5) wound around tooth (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: Nittoku Engineering Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kaoru Noji
  • Patent number: 7152306
    Abstract: A method for installing a stator winding in a stator core. A winding turn is formed by drawing a cable portion from a cable reel and inserting it into two winding slots. Each winding turn that is jointlessly connected to first winding turn and has the same winding direction as the first turn is formed by making this winding turn include a cable section corresponding to a turn on the reel that has been lifted off the reel by lateral movement over a gable of the reel. To form each winding turn that is jointlessly connected to the first winding turn and has a second winding direction opposite the winding direction of the first turn, the cable portion forming this winding turn is made to include a section corresponding to a turn on the reel that has been lifted off the reel by lateral movement over the other gable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Birger Andersson, Lars Öhrn, John Seppas, Hans-Åke Eriksson, Gunnar Porsby, Göran Eriksson, Jan-Olof Lamell, Ville Voutilainen, Daniel Dahlblom, Lars Bjernegård
  • Patent number: 6941644
    Abstract: A method of constructing a segmented wound member of an N phase electromechanical device comprises winding N sets of segments and combining the N sets of segments in a common circular arrangement to form the wound member. The N sets of segments are wound with a single continuous length of wire for each set. Each of the N sets of segments is wound separately from the remaining sets of segments and then combined in the common circular arrangement with the remaining sets of segments to form the wound member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Reliance Electric Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Vadim Shteynberg, Huck A. Willgohs
  • Patent number: 6938322
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for making an electric motor stator. In accordance with the method, coil groups are inserted for different electrical phases through a first and second ends of a stator core. An insertion tool is used for insertion of the coil groups independently. Coils for individual phases are inserted through the first and second ends, and leads for the coil groups may exit alternative ends as a result of the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Reliance Electric Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: C. W. Luttrell
  • Patent number: 6865796
    Abstract: Coil members are obtained by forming width-reduced portions in a wire material over a predetermined longitudinal range generally centered on cutting positions, then removing an insulation coating from the width-reduced portions, and thereafter cutting the wire material at the width-reduced portions. Coil segments are prepared by bending the coil members into a general U shape. Then the coil segments are inserted into the slots in a stator core, and a stator is obtained by welding together the free end portions of the projecting coil segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Atsushi Oohashi, Yoshihito Asao, Katsumi Adachi, Takushi Takizawa
  • Publication number: 20040173710
    Abstract: The present invention concerns forming wire coils by simultaneously winding a plurality of wires onto a dynamo-electric machine component. In order to maximize the amount of wire that can be placed in the spacings of the dynamo-electric machine component, the turns of the wire coil must be regularly disposed without twisting the plurality of wires onto each other. Current winding apparatus may allow certain portions of the wire turns to unevenly accumulate and locally bulge outward from the collection of wire coils. Such bulges, especially in consideration of the limited spacings available on an dynamo-electric machine component, may interfere with or access to the spacings by a wire dispensing member during the winding process. The present invention proposes to perform multiple-wire winding processes that avoid wire twisting and improper disposition of the wires. Further, the present invention proposes to improve the ability of the wire dispensing member to traverse the spacings on the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Gianfranco Stratico, Antonio Lumini
  • Publication number: 20040140388
    Abstract: The present invention concerns solutions for disposing the wire leads of a wire coil along trajectories that have predetermined positional references relative to the dynamo-electric machine component. The present invention proposes to provide a wire lead manipulator that operates to dispose the wire lead by entering within extremely narrow gaps on a dynamo-electric machine component at high speed and with a lower risk of the wire lead manipulator colliding with the accessory parts of the component. Using the solutions of this invention, these achievements are possible for dynamo-electric machine components with very small spaces between accessory components that do not allow the passage of conventional wire lead manipulator apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Gianfranco Stratico, Maurizio Mugelli
  • Publication number: 20040011911
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for wire winding and fabrication for dynamo-electric machine components such as ferromagnetic armature or stator cores for motors or the like. Wire may be wound onto individual portions of dynamo-electric machine components, which may then be assembled to form complete components. Wire may be wound by steering a rotating flyer or the like in a trajectory that closely follows the surface of the core onto which the wire is being wound. Wire may also be wound by rotating the portions during winding. The same holding members that are used to hold the portions during winding may be used to hold the portions during assembly of the portions into machine components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Applicant: AXIS USA, INC.
    Inventors: Raffaele Becherucci, Gianfranco Stratico
  • Publication number: 20030136871
    Abstract: The present invention concerns improved methods and apparatus for forming undulated wire coils that are placed into the cores of dynamo electric machine components. In particular, the invention concerns improved methods and apparatus for controlling the direction of deposit (along the axis about which the coil is wound) for the turns of a wire coil and for positioning the leads of the coil. This is accomplished by forming a series of wire coils using a programmable apparatus that controls a sequence of directions (along the coil axis) in which the wire turns are deposited, as well as positions of the final leads. The same methods and apparatus may also be used to form continuously wound wire portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Massimo Pelletta, Gianpiero Vanzetti, Gianfranco Stratico
  • Patent number: 6581270
    Abstract: The invention relates to a procedure for preparing the windings for an electric motor. The magnetic core (20) of the stator and/or rotor of the motor is provided with slots (24,25) in which winding coils (2; 5,7;15,17) can be fitted. According to the invention, the winding coils (2) are wound from winding wire and shaped substantially into their final form, the cross-section of the coil sides (15,17) corresponding to the space reserved in the slot (24,25) for the coil. The winding coils (15,17) are fitted in place in the slots (24,25) provided in the magnetic core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Esko Aulanko, Panu Kurronen, Marko Tulander
  • Patent number: 6530140
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a stator to improve accuracy in inserting conductor segments (3, 31, 32) into slots (2). The apparatus according to the present invention comprises a conductor holder (21, 22) holding the conductor segments (3, 31, 32) and an axial-moving-mechanisms (214) moving the conductor holder (21, 22) relative to a stator core (1) in an axial direction. The conductor holder (21, 22) holds straight portions (31b, 31c, 32b, 32c) of the conductor segments (3, 31, 32) to be inserted into the slots (2) from one end of the stator core (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutaka Maeda, Makoto Takahashi, Masaru Sugiyama, Youichi Kamakura, Nobuo Suko
  • Publication number: 20020060263
    Abstract: A coil winding apparatus to fabricate a coil-wound article comprises a mandrel having an outer periphery, first and second side ends through which is axially formed an orifice to define an inner periphery. Slots are radially formed along each side section of the outer periphery to allow communication between the inner and outer peripheries. Grooves are circularly formed to intersect the slots. Upright portions of the hooks are radially aligned with the slots to enable their reciprocal movements through the slots. Retainer members sustain the hooks by the holes. Elastic rings are worn in and along the grooves to elastically maintain each upright portion of the corresponding hooks below the outer periphery of the mandrel. Adjusters are detachably inserted through the orifice to allow the upright portions to remain above the outer periphery of the mandrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Publication date: May 23, 2002
    Applicant: YANG TAEK LIM
    Inventors: Sang S. Nam, Hyo S. Hyun, Yang T. Lim
  • Publication number: 20020047065
    Abstract: A retaining jig 11 is provided comprising a retaining part 15 which moves together with a nozzle 33 performing a cyclic motion, and holds a wire W paid out from the nozzle 33, a displacing means 13 which transports the wire W in the outer circumferential direction of a stator 1 while the wire is held, and a releasing means 15a which releases the hold on the wire W transported to a predetermined position in the outer circumferential direction by the displacing means. A core guide 21 is further disposed which guides the wire W into the stator when the wire W held by the retaining jig 11 is guided in the outer circumferential direction relative to an opening 4 in stator 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Inventor: Koh Kajita
  • Publication number: 20020043582
    Abstract: In a dynamo-electric machine, a stator having a terminal board with at least one pair of slots located along its inside circumference, includes at least one pair of coil holders. Each coil holder is cantilevered from the terminal board at the ends of a pair of slots, and a wire guide is positioned on each coil holder. A wire depositing needle and the stator are placed in relative motion, which causes the guide to support the wire as it is transported along its surface. Coils of wire are created as each pair of slots is wound. The invention will typically be used to form multiple coil windings on a single stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: Axis USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Gianfranco Stratico, Pasquale Ciarlitto
  • Patent number: 6357688
    Abstract: A device for coiling and uncoiling elongated goods (K), such as wire, cable or the like, onto a drum (13) comprises a support (12) with driving means (25) for a spreader arm (10). The spreader arm (10) is rotatably mounted on the support (12) and supports a gripping arm (14) for coiling and uncoiling the elongated goods (K) onto the stationary drum (13). The gripping arm (14) is formed as a curved V-profile having a running track arranged for the elongated goods (K), which running track is oriented towards the drum (13). The said running track is defined by feeding rollers mounted within the gripping arm (14). The feeding rollers are spherical in shape and have a rolling resistance near zero to eliminate twisting of the elongated goods (K) during coiling and uncoiling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Alberti Backlund, Mats Leijon
  • Publication number: 20020011755
    Abstract: A method of constructing a segmented wound member of an N phase electromechanical device comprises winding N sets of segments and combining the N sets of segments in a common circular arrangement to form the wound member. The N sets of segments are wound with a single continuous length of wire for each set. Each of the N sets of segments is wound separately from the remaining sets of segments and then combined in the common circular arrangement with the remaining sets of segments to form the wound member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 1999
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Inventors: VADIM SHTEYNBERG, HUCK A. WILLGOHS
  • Patent number: 6325318
    Abstract: In a dynamo-electric machine, a stator having a terminal board with at least one pair of slots located along its inside circumference, includes at least one pair of coil holders. Each coil holder is cantilevered from the terminal board at the ends of a pair of slots, and a wire guide is positioned on each coil holder. A wire depositing needle and the stator are placed in relative motion, which causes the guide to support the wire as it is transported along its surface. Coils of wire are created as each pair of slots is wound. The invention will typically be used to form multiple coil windings on a single stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Axis USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Gianfranco Stratico, Pasquale Ciarlitto
  • Patent number: 6323571
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a low cost, high performance, thin structure rotary motor for driving medium used in magnetic disk drive unit, optical disk drive unit or the like, in order to improve the productivity of terminating processing and the reliability of the coils. Magnetic materials which are divided to a plurality of blocks or divided corresponding to respective magnetic pole teeth are connected by means of thin portions. The respective magnetic pole teeth are wound continuously with wire without cutting the wire at the positions in which the thin portions are connected. When a stator is assembled, a plurality of blocks or magnetic pole teeth are disposed on a substrate by separating or bending the thin portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yuji Nakahara, Ken-ichi Azuma, Masaru Matsumoto, Youichi Fujita, Satoru Akutsu, Akira Hashimoto, Yasunori Takai, Tadashi Hasegawa, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Junji Kawada
  • Publication number: 20010017332
    Abstract: Wedge guides 12 for holding a wedge 11 are mounted onto a base 10, and a stripper 15 is fixed to the other end of the wedge guide 12. A blade holder 13 including a plurality of blades 16 vertically installed is held in such a manner as to be freely advanceable and retractable in an up-and-down direction. A coil 30 wound is inserted between the blades 16, and alignment tool 7 is inserted at the tip ends of the blades. A stator iron core 40 is inserted into the alignment tool 7, and the stator iron core 40 is moved until the tip ends of the blades 16 penetrate the stator iron core 40. Thereafter, the stator iron core 40 and a connecting rod 19, the other end of which being connected to the blade holder 13, are pushed by a stator pusher 50, whereby the blade holder 13 is also caused to move together with the stator iron core 40 to insert the coil 30 into grooves in the stator iron core 40.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Publication date: August 30, 2001
    Inventors: Yukio Katsuzawa, Michi Masuya, Kiyoshi Tagami, Hideki Oka
  • Patent number: 6279850
    Abstract: A cable forerunner for winding a high-voltage cable in an electric machine, wherein one end of the cable forerunner (11) is attached to the end (10) of the cable (1), the cable forerunner (11) is arranged to draw the cable (1) through a first slot (15) arranged in the machine body (8) and also to control the curvature of the cable (1) at its exit from the slot (15) unitl its entry into a second slot (16) arranged in the machine body (8), as well as a procedure and also an electric machine having at least one winding comprising a high-voltage cable wound in accordance with the procedure for winding a high-voltage cable (1) in an electric machine, wherein one end of the cable forerunner (11) is attached to the end of the cable (1), whereafter the cable forerunner (11) is caused to draw the cable (1) through a first slot (15) arranged in the machine body (8) and to control the curvature of the cable (1) at its exit from the slot until its entry into a second slot (16) arranged in the machine body (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventor: Soren Berggren
  • Patent number: 6067702
    Abstract: Stator coils having lead wires inserted into temporary wire clamps (36) at a winding station are electrically tested before the coil lead wires are removed from the temporary clamps. In one aspect, the clamps each include a jaw (54) formed with a wire-engaging surface (88) which scrapes the insulating coating off from a lead wire as it is inserted therein. The clamps are electrically connected to terminal members (90) which are engageable by electrical test terminal members (100). In a modification, the clamps include a wire-scraping jaw having, in addition to a body formed with a sharpened or knife edge, a shield having wire-guiding surfaces engageable by a lead wire being inserted into the clamp. The wire-guiding surfaces are located adjacent the knife edge and are so positioned that the depth of the insulated wire scraped or cut away by the knife edge is only a few thousandths of an inch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Globe Products Inc.
    Inventors: Gary E. Clemenz, Raymond S. Furlong, Lawrence E. Newman
  • Patent number: 5794867
    Abstract: At each work station of a textile machine producing wound bobbins, the yarn package on which yarn is wound is driven by a friction roller. In contrast to the conventional driving of the roller by a gear motor flanged to the housing of the work station, which has the disadvantage of requiring space and difficulty in removing and replacing the friction roller for maintenance, the present invention simplifies the friction roller drive by configuring the housing of the work station for the direct reception of the stator windings of the drive motor for the friction roller and mounting the friction roller and the rotor of the drive motor together on a continuous shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: W. Schlafhorst AG & Co.
    Inventors: Ferdinand-Josef Hermanns, Wilhelm Zitzen, Ulrich Wirtz
  • Patent number: 5765274
    Abstract: Stator coil lead wires are coursed along complex, circuitous paths on the end of a stator core and trimmed at a precise predetermined distance from the stator core. Improved end effector wire-guiding tooling member are provided in place of conventional gripper jaws to permit the lead wires to be coursed along complex, circuitous paths. In addition, an improved lead pull assembly, improved temporary wire clamps, and a wire former assembly are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Globe Products Inc.
    Inventors: John M. Beakes, Nathan A. Buckner, Gary E. Clemenz, Patrick A. Dolgas
  • Patent number: 5760505
    Abstract: An apparatus and method is provided for introducing slack into a coil wire prior to termination. A stator having a volume of coil windings has a terminal board mounted thereon. Means for introducing slack in the coil wire includes a terminal receiving cavity located in the terminal board. A portion of the coil wire is passed across the cavity and a terminal is inserted therein, thereby crimpingly engaging the wire. The wire is simultaneously passed over a spacer which extends laterally across the cavity. When the spacer is subsequently removed a loop of slack remains in the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Ametek, Inc.
    Inventors: Adnan M. Farou, Robert L. Hyatt, Sr.
  • Patent number: 5740973
    Abstract: A method for cross-winding of thread-like or band-like winding material on winders is described for the production of bobbins wound up in cross-winding with random winding or precision cross winding. The winding material is traversed by a slit drum (1) comprising a slit (5) and is wound up to a bobbin (18). The winding material is traversed by a slit drum (1) comprising at least three parts (2, 3, 2) forming the slit (5) and at least one crossing point (6). The winding material entering the slit drum (1) is guided by an auxiliary apparatus (10), which forces an additional motion to the winding material while passing each crossing point (6) of the slit (5) of the slit drum (1) to maintain the corresponding traversing direction (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Georg Sahm GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Winfried Poppinghaus
  • Patent number: 5664317
    Abstract: Electric motor stators can have coils wound on their poles which coils have more turns than the poles could normally support by augmenting the pole with additional structures to support the added coil turns. The additional structures can be only temporarily associated with the stator, e.g., by adding them to the winding shrouds which are customarily applied to the stator during winding. Alternatively these additional structures can be permanent but non-magnetic portion of the stator, e.g., by adding them to the terminal board members of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Axis USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Massimo Ponzio, Massimo Lombardi
  • Patent number: 5651177
    Abstract: Stator coils having lead wires inserted into temporary wire clamps at a winding station are electrically tested before the coil lead wires are removed from the temporary clamps. The clamps each include a jaw formed with a wire-engaging surface which scrapes the insulting coating off from a lead wire as it is inserted therein. The clamps are mounted on an electrically insulating support and are electrically connected to terminal members which are engageable by electrical test terminal members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: Globe Products Inc.
    Inventor: Lawrence E. Newman
  • Patent number: 5607115
    Abstract: In order to simplify the changing of a traversing mechanism depending on the yarn conditions, an insertable and exchangeable traversing device is provided in a bobbin winding machine. The traversing mechanism either guides the yarn by way of a so-called cam cylinder traversing device or by way of a so-called wing traversing device which guides the yarn through rotation of traversing wings. The traversing device is arranged substantially opposite a contact roller so that a yarn to be wound up is guided to-and-fro by way of a thread guide in accordance with a stroke length and is deposited on a yarn package via the contact roller. The wing traversing device includes upper and lower wings, with the upper wings being held in a stationary manner in an overall base plate, while the lower wings are held rotatably in unit base plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Maschinenfabrik Rieter AG
    Inventor: Peter Frech
  • Patent number: 5528822
    Abstract: Electric motor stators can have coils wound on their poles which coils have more turns than the poles could normally support by augmenting the pole with additional structures to support the added coil turns. The additional structures can be only temporarily associated with the stator, e.g., by adding them to the winding shrouds which are customarily applied to the stator during winding. Alternatively these additional structures can be permanent but non-magnetic portion of the stator, e.g., by adding them to the terminal board members of the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1996
    Assignee: AXIS USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Massimo Ponzio, Massimo Lombardi