Patent ID: 7513029

Claim:
A method of forming a coil for a dynamoelectric machine, comprising: a) mating a male tool half of a coil winding tool with a female tool half of the coil winding tool where the female tool half has a concave surface that faces an arcuate surface of a projection of the male tool half, the concave surface of the female tool half spaced from the arcuate surface of the projection of the male tool half when the male and female tool halves are mated together defining a winding cavity therebetween; b) securing a leading edge of a magnet wire; c) winding magnet wire around the projection of the male tool half to fill the winding cavity with magnet wire to form the coil; and d) bonding the magnet wire together in the winding cavity before removing the coil from the coil winding tool that includes applying electric current to the magnet wire to heat it to activate heat activated adhesive on the magnet wire.