Patent ID: 6502299
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: H02K,Y10T

Abstract:
An armature coil winder for winding a series of continuous coils in an armature core assembly (10) having a plurality of slots formed in an outer circumference thereof comprising:a winding former (20) for cooperating with an armature core assembly (10) having a plurality of slots (12a) formed in an outer circumference thereof and a series of continuous coils, said winding former comprising: a fixed former (21) for guiding one of said coils into two of said slots (12a), and a movable former (23) for restricting a position of a coil end (41) of said one coil between said two slots (12a) by moving in the fixed former along both end surfaces (16) of said armature core assembly toward a center of the core assembly; a former slider including a flyer (24) for winding said one coil around said fixed former (21); and a coil shaping mechanism including coil shaping blades (31) for shaping said one coil in the slots relative to the armature core assembly.