Patent ID: 7140098
Filing Date: 2006-11-28
Classification: H02K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for shaping a plurality of conductor members disposed circumferentially and extending axially from a rotary-electric-machine stator comprising: first means for holding said conductor members; second means for moving said first means in the circumferential direction of said stator; and third means for moving said first means in the axial direction of said stator; wherein said first means comprises a first pair of twister cylinders coaxially disposed with each other and a second pair of twister cylinders coaxially disposed adjacent to said first pair of twister cylinders; each of said first pair of twister cylinders has a plurality of holes disposed circumferentially at equal intervals, and said plurality of holes of one of said twister cylinders of said first pair is radially spaced apart from said plurality of holes of the other of said twister cylinders of said first pair at a first distance; said first and second pairs of twister cylinders are disposed at a second distance from each other; and each of said second pair of twister cylinders has a plurality of holes disposed circumferentially at equal intervals, and said plurality of holes of one of said twister cylinders of said second pair is radially spaced apart from said plurality of holes of the other of said twister cylinders of said second pair at a third distance.