Patent ID: 6722015
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: H02K,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for manufacturing lamination assemblies from a strip of laminate, the method comprising:cutting at least one first lamination and at least one second lamination in the strip; at a first cutting station, cutting at least one hole in each first lamination to be interlocked; at a second cutting station, cutting at least one hole in each second lamination (corresponding in number and position thereof to the at least one hole of the first lamination, leaving at least one interlock tab in each hole in the second lamination attached to the second lamination on at least one side; detaching the at least one first lamination from the strip; removing the strip so the second lamination, attached to the strip, is positioned adjacent to the first lamination disconnected from the strip; bending the at least one interlock tab on the second lamination through the at least one hole in each first lamination and bending over a portion of the interlock tab sufficiently such that a portion of the tab contacts the side of the first lamination in the stack that is opposite to the side adjacent to the second lamination, interlocking the at least one first lamination and the second lamination; and disconnecting from the strip the second lamination, interlocked to each first lamination.