Patent ID: 6712307
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: H02K,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing an armature comprising winding a plurality of wires simultaneously around each of a plurality of salient poles of an armature core using a wire nozzle unit, wherein the wire nozzle unit includes a plurality of wire nozzles, each of which receives and guides a corresponding one of the wires, wherein the winding of the wires includes:placing the wires, which are supplied from the wire nozzle unit, between a first end and a second end of the armature core along a first one of two slots, which are arranged on opposite sides, respectively, of a corresponding one of the salient poles; rotating the wire nozzle unit 180 degrees about a rotational axis of the wire nozzle unit, which is generally perpendicular to the axis of the armature core; and placing the wires, which are supplied from the wire nozzle unit, between the second end and the first end of the armature core along a second one of the two slots.