Patent ID: 8250733

Claim:
An apparatus for manufacturing an internal wound stator, the stator having a generally cylindrical shape with an interior opening and having a plurality of axial slots formed therein, the apparatus comprising: a winding arbor including an interior and a port, the port at a central portion of the member, the winding arbor configured to receive a conductive wire at the interior and release the conductive wire at the port; a stator loader for supporting a stator, the stator having a generally cylindrical shape with an interior opening and a plurality of axial slots, the interior portion having a diameter larger than an exterior dimension of the winding arbor; a first movable member configured to move at least one of the winding arbor and the stator with respect to one another in a manner that the winding arbor moves into the interior opening of the stator in a first direction and out of the interior opening of the stator in a second direction, the first moveable member configured to move the port of the winding arbor along a first axial slot of the plurality of axial slots in a first direction; a second rotating member configured to rotate at least one of the stator and the winding arbor with respect to one another, the second rotating member configured to rotate the winding arbor relative to the stator to align the port of the winding arbor with a second axial slot of the plurality of axial slots; and the first movable member further configured to move the port relative to the stator through the second axial slot in the second direction.