Patent ID: 8832928

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a coil assembly for an electric rotating machine by interlacing a plurality of coil wires each having a plurality of turn portions formed therein, characterized by comprising: a placing step for placing a pair of first and second coil wires at predetermined positions with respect to each other; a first rotating step for rotating, while keeping engagement between a first turn portion of the first coil wire and a first turn portion of the second coil wire, at least one of the first and second coil wires to engage a second turn portion of the first coil wire with a second turn portion of the second coil wire; and a second rotating step for rotating, while keeping engagement between the second turn portion of the first coil wire and the second turn portion of the second coil wire, at least one of the first and second coil wires to engage a third turn portion of the first coil wire with a third turn portion of the second coil wire.