Patent ID: 6386474
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: H02K,Y10T

Abstract:
A wire winding guide for use in a wire winding machine having a rotating flyer that dispenses wire for winding into slots of a ferromagnetic core of a dynamo-electric machine part to form wire coils, the slots having sides that extend radially outward from a central longitudinal axis of the core, radially outermost portions away from the central longitudinal axis of the core, bottoms that extend longitudinally along said core, and slot openings defined by the radially outermost portions of the sides, the wire winding guide comprising:a pair of smooth and continuous outer guide surfaces, wherein each surface has a leading guide edge and is movable with respect to the core during winding of the coils; and a pair of coil retention notches, each notch having a back wall that prevents the wire from climbing the sides of the slots as the wire is wound into the slots by the flyer, wherein the back walls of the coil retention notches are repositionable with respect to the core during winding of the coils.