Material Guide Disposed About Core Tip (e.g., Terminal Winder) Patents (Class 242/439.1)
  • Patent number: 9704645
    Abstract: A coil manufacturing apparatus 10 includes: a nozzle configured to feed a wire; a take-up jig configured to take up, through rotation, the wire fed from the nozzle; a cylindrical inner cutter tube that is provided coaxially with the take-up jig and is configured to rotate together with the take-up jig, the cylindrical inner cutter tube comprising a first slit that is formed so as to extend in an axial direction, the first slit being configured that the wire is inserted through; and an immovable outer cutter tube that is provided so as to be superimposed on an outside of the cylindrical inner cutter tube, the immovable outer cutter tube comprising a second slit that is formed so as to extend in the axial direction, the second slit being configured that the wire is inserted through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: NITTOKU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 9607761
    Abstract: A winding device includes a wire cutting mechanism for cutting the wire wound around the winding target member in the vicinity of the terminal, and a wire binding mechanism for winding, around the terminal, the end portion of the wire wound around the winding target member and cut by the wire cutting mechanism. The wire binding mechanism includes a cylindrical member through which the terminal is insertable, and a rotating mechanism for rotating the cylindrical member about the terminal. A protrusion is formed at a distal end of the cylindrical member so as to protrude in an axial direction of the cylindrical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: NITTOKU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuya Saito
  • Patent number: 9090429
    Abstract: A filament winding apparatus in which a fiber bundle easily passes through a fiber supplying guide. The filament winding apparatus winds a fiber bundle around a liner, and includes a plurality of fiber supplying guides each supplying a fiber bundle to the liner. Each of the fiber supplying guides includes a bottom portion that guides a wide surface of the fiber bundle, side portions respectively disposed along both sides of the bottom portion, and an opening portion formed between the side portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignees: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Motohiro Tanigawa, Tadashi Uozumi, Daigoro Nakamura, Ken Hatta
  • Publication number: 20150115092
    Abstract: A winding device includes a wire cutting mechanism for cutting the wire wound around the winding target member in the vicinity of the terminal, and a wire binding mechanism for winding, around the terminal, the end portion of the wire wound around the winding target member and cut by the wire cutting mechanism. The wire binding mechanism includes a cylindrical member through which the terminal is insertable, and a rotating mechanism for rotating the cylindrical member about the terminal. A protrusion is formed at a distal end of the cylindrical member so as to protrude in an axial direction of the cylindrical member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: NITTOKU ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tatsuya Saito
  • Patent number: 8616487
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for winding coils C of at least one electrical conductor W for at least one core (11) of a dynamoelectric machine and for forming termination leads of the coils, the core having a longitudinal axis (H?), the apparatus and method using a dispensing member (20) and rotation of the dispensing member (20) around a rotation axis (25?) to re-orient the dispensing member between an orientation for winding the coils and an orientation for forming the termination leads. An axis of reference (21?) for the relative translation of the dispensing member (20) is positioned parallel and shifted with respect to the longitudinal axis (H?) of the core or coincident with the longitudinal axis (H?) of the core. The rotation axis (25?) is inclined with an angle that is not at 90° with respect to the dispensing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: ATOP S.p.A.
    Inventors: Maurizio Mugelli, Massimo Ponzio
  • Patent number: 8434708
    Abstract: A coil winding machine for winding a wire at a plurality of slots of a core of a coil rotor by feeding it out from a nozzle provided at a front end of a flyer, which coil winding machine is provided with a former, a fixed guide, and a movable guide for guiding the wire to the slots for winding and a clamper provided inside the fixed guide and clamping one shaft end of the rotor, the movable guide engaging with the other shaft end of the rotor and able to move in the axial direction of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Yasushi Oohashi
  • Publication number: 20100243786
    Abstract: A winding apparatus for and a method of applying a winding of a band-like material to a limb of a transformer core. The winding apparatus includes a guide member arranged to be fixed in relation to the core limb and a rotary member carrying a supply of a band-like material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: ABB Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Hans-Erik Danielsson, Rolf Häger
  • Patent number: 7775474
    Abstract: A wire winding apparatus can reduce the burden of momentum on the side of the nozzle cooperated with the spindle shaft in winding operation, thereby enabling an effective winding operation. The winding apparatus comprises a carrier carrying at least one bobbin to be wound with wire, a nozzle for supplying the wire to be wound around the bobbin, a spindle shaft for rotating the bobbin, a working table disposed opposite to the nozzle and spindle shaft so as to introduce the carrier into between the nozzle and spindle shaft, wherein the spindle shaft is retractable relative to the bobbin carried on the carrier fed onto the working table so as to allow the bobbin to move between the carrier and nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Taga Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiro Maruyama
  • Patent number: 7614579
    Abstract: A winding apparatus comprises first and second nozzles, each of which is configured to allow two wires to pass therethrough, and a nozzle holder which holds the nozzles in parallel with each other. A total of four wires is supplied and regularly wound on a bobbin. A first motor, a driven gear, and a drive gear are provided to rotate the nozzle holder about its axis substantially parallel to the nozzles. The nozzle holder holds the nozzles separately to be rotatable about respective axes. Second and third motors, driven gears, and drive gears are provided for rotating the nozzles about respective axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsutoshi Asano
  • Patent number: 7017850
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: ATOP S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gianfranco Stratico, Maurizio Mugelli
  • Patent number: 6863237
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for coiling a thread or wire-type object (1) onto a winding jig (10) by means of a flyer (7) circling the winding jig (10). The object (1) is guided to the flyer (7) by a tube (2) and the flyer (7) is positioned on the tube (2) in rotating manner. Said winding jig (10) is coupled to a carrier sleeve (18) which is arranged approximately in the direction of the longitudinal axis (A) of the tube (2), at a distance (A) from the same, in order to pass the object (1). Said carrier sleeve (18) is associated with the fixed tube (2) in a fixed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Wittenstein AG
    Inventors: Thomas Bayer, Karl-Georg Melber
  • Patent number: 6712307
    Abstract: A wire winding apparatus includes a wire nozzle unit, which is rotatable about a rotational axis of the wire nozzle unit, which is generally perpendicular to the axis of an armature core. The wire nozzle unit includes a plurality of wire nozzles, each of which receives and guides a corresponding one of the wires along each of two slots, which are arranged on opposite sides, respectively, of each of a plurality of salient poles of the armature core, to wind the wires around each salient pole. The wire winding apparatus further includes a nozzle rotating device, which rotates the wire nozzle unit about the rotational axis of the wire nozzle unit. The rotating device rotates the wire nozzle unit 180 degrees when the wire nozzle unit is moved from one of the two slots to the other of the two slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Asmo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Iwase, Shinpachi Watanabe, Satoru Yano, Eiji Katayama, Hideo Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6679449
    Abstract: The present invention aims at providing a method of wire winding without the failure of engagement of the wire caused by the deviation of position of a nozzle and bobbin terminal. The method is characterized in that, in the case of winding wire around the outer peripheries of rotating wind-up tools of which the peripheries are parallel to their axes of rotation, each wind-up tool 8 is attached to each of a plurality of spinning bodies 6 each of which has the rotation axis same as the wind-up tool, a rotation driving source is provided for each spinning body 6 for winding the wire, and the rotation driving sources are rotated in synchronism with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Nittoku Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yosuke Sugiuchi
  • Patent number: 6626392
    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 the stator 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Hayashi Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Koh Kajita
  • Publication number: 20030168547
    Abstract: A winding device winds a wire (90) onto a core (8) having a plurality of teeth (8b) protruding from a yoke and having slots (8a) formed between each tooth (8b). The winding device winds the wire (90) by causing a nozzle (3) which lets out the wire (90) to perform a relative motion. The winding device is provided with pusher plates (72) which guide the wire (90) into the slots (8a), and inserts the wire (90) into the slots (8a) by causing the pusher plates (72) to move relative to the core (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: Katsurou Komuro, Itaru Igarashi
  • Patent number: 6547177
    Abstract: A device for winding pipe sealant filamentary materials onto a pipe comprising: (a) a retainer for retaining a length of filamentary material; and (b) an elongate dispensing aid projecting from said retainer, the dispensing aid comprising at least one guide located at a position spaced from the retainer and through which the filamentary material passes. The material is for sealing threaded pipe joints. The device may be motorized for rotational motion, for example by attachment to a power tool. The device may also have a locating portion for engaging an end of a pipe to which the filamentary material is to be applied. The locating portion may act as an automatic adjuster of the position of the device. Relative rotation of the dispensing aid and the automatic adjuster actuates the automatic adjuster. The device allows for ease of application of pipe sealant material to pipes and may be hand-held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Loctite (R&D) Limited
    Inventor: Martin J. Fitzpatrick
  • Publication number: 20020096594
    Abstract: In a process for insertion of wire (30) in the form of a field coil (56) between the pole horns (38, 40) and the stator wall (36) of a double-pole stator (14) of an electric motor, the stator (14) consists of two stator halves (12a, b) and the wire (30) to form the coil (56) is inserted by way of a winding arm (16) rotating about a rotation axis (y) lying perpendicular to the stator axis (x), where during the winding process, for temporary formation of an enlarged insert groove (34, 35) for the wire (30), a winding accessory (32) is laid against the outer edge of the stator (14) and the free ends of the pole horns (38, 40) are covered with a wire guide sleeve (42).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventor: Konrad Meier
  • Patent number: 6325319
    Abstract: A winding apparatus, which delivers a line material from a nozzle and winds said line material, providing a notch portion on the tip portion of said nozzle, which eases the amount of bending of said line material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2001
    Assignee: Nittoku Engineering Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaoru Noji
  • Publication number: 20010010344
    Abstract: A device (1; 30; 60; 90; 120; 140) for winding pipe sealant filamentary materials (12; 44, 65, 94; 123) onto a pipe (47; 70; 102; 132; 161) comprising: (a) a retainer (2; 31; 61; 121; 142) for retaining a length of filamentary material; and (b) an elongate dispensing aid (7; 32; 62; 92; 122; 141) projecting from said retainer, the dispensing aid comprising at least one guide (8; 51; 78; 107; 135) located at a position spaced from the retainer and through which the filamentary material passes. The material is for sealing threaded pipe joints. The device may be motorized for rotational motion, for example by attachment to a power tool. The device may also have a locating portion (37; 63; 95; 124) for engaging an end of a pipe to which the filamentary material is to be applied. The locating portion may act as an automatic adjuster of the position of the device. Relative rotation of the dispensing aid and the automatic adjuster actuates the automatic adjuster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2001
    Publication date: August 2, 2001
    Applicant: LOCTITE (R&D) LIMITED
    Inventor: Martin J. Fitzpatrick