Patent ID: 6098974
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: H02K,Y10T

Abstract:
An armature support pallet for use during manufacture of an armature having a shaft and a cam body extending from one end of the shaft about an axis parallel to and spaced from the axis of rotation of said shaft, said support pallet comprising:a body member; anda pair of mutually spaced support assemblies mounted on said body member for supporting opposite ends of an armature shaft, one of said support assemblies having a first, generally circular support surface for supporting said cam body and a second, generally circular support surface for supporting a portion of said shaft adjacent said cam body, said first support surface having a smaller radius than said second support surface and being at an elevation higher than said second support surface so that, when the armature is loaded onto the pallet, said cam body is supported by the first, smaller radius support surface and the armature is held by gravity in a single angular orientation.