Patent ID: 7191974
Filing Date: 2007-03-20
Classification: H02K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for winding a stator for a dynamoelectric machine, the apparatus comprising: a stator nest located on a mounting member, the stator nest including a front side for receiving a stator and a back side located opposite from the front side; the stator nest comprising a collet located at the front side for engaging and gripping the outer surface of a stator positioned within the collet; a winding tool extending through the stator nest from the back side toward the front side, the winding tool including a wire passage for guiding wire to the stator located in the collet; a reciprocating driver connected to the winding tool for driving the winding tool in reciprocating movement relative to the stator nest; the winding tool including a winding tool shaft extending from a connection to the reciprocating driver to the stator nest, and the winding tool shaft passing through the collet actuator between the reciprocating driver and the stator nest; a collet actuator located on a side of the mounting member opposite from the front side, the collet actuator actuating the collet to engage with and disengage from the stator; and wherein the collet is rotatable relative to the mounting member, and including a nest driver connected to the collet for driving the collet in rotational movement.