Patent ID: 6601288
Filing Date: 2003-08-05
Classification: H02K,Y10T

Abstract:
Apparatus that produces a stator coil having wire leads connected to final attachment points, apparatus comprising:coil winding apparatus that winds wire into a coil, said winding apparatus comprising: a template around which wire is wound, and a nozzle for delivering wire wound around said template; a coil-holding tool that can receive a coil from said coil winding apparatus, said coil-holding tool comprising a plurality of circumferentially positioned members; a platform that supports said coil-holding tool; at least one final attachment device comprising a plurality of electrical connection points to which a plurality of wire leads can be connected before said coil is inserted into a stator core and at which electrical connections to said connected wire leads can be made, said connection points being final attachment points of said wire leads; and a lead gripper device comprising a wire handler that can grasp a wire from said nozzle and connect said grasped wire to one of said connection points of said final attachment device.