Gm Global Technolgoy Operations, Inc.

Borgwarner Inc.

Remy Technologies, LLC

Remy International, Inc.

Delco Remy America, Inc.

Ronald Dale Gentry

Richard A Van Sickle

Kenneth P Heuer

Kirk E Neet

Michael McCord

Steve Burton

Muhammed Emin Ozdemir

Christopher Congdon

Frank D Sorg

Dale Lee Baldauf

Thomas Dale Dodge

A motor vehicle solenoid includes a solenoid housing having an inner surface, at least one coil arranged in the housing, an actuator associated with the at least one coil, and a stop member arranged in the housing adjacent the at least one coil. The stop member includes an outer circumferential edge abutting the inner surface of the solenoid housing. The outer circumferential edge includes at least one clearance zone that is spaced from the inner surface of the housing. The at least one clearance zone defines a grounded electrical attachment surface.

Motor vehicle solenoid for a starter motor

An electric machine includes a wire conductor having at least one end, a terminal configured to be operatively connected to the at least one end of the wire conductor, and a terminal member having a first end section configured and disposed to establish a mechanical bond and an electrical connection with the at least one end of the wire conductor, and a second end section configured and disposed to establish a mechanical link and an electrical connection with the terminal.

Electric machine including a switch terminal and method of connecting an end portion of a wire to a terminal of an electric machine

A method for simultaneously brazing adjacent conductor joints comprises the steps of arranging at least two pair of conductor joints in a row placing a brazing compound between the pairs of joints desired to be electrically connected placing a conductive spacer between the pairs not to be brazed and passing an electrical current through the row of conductors until the brazing compound melts joining the conductor joints. The spacer can then be removed thereby maintaining the proper spacing between the pairs of brazed conductor joints. The multiple rows of conductor joints can be arranged adjacent one another so that they can be moved between brazing electrodes sequentially thereby allowing a continuous brazing operation of multiple rows of conductor joints. The brazing compound may be a continuous ribbon of brazing compound which extends between the multiple rows of conductor joints.

Method for simultaneous resistance brazing of adjacent conductor joints

The method of the present invention involves setting a penetration threshold as well as a maximum weld time when hot staking armature conductors to the slots of a commutator. To perform each weld, an electrode is forcibly contacted with the top conductor in one of the slots of the commutator. Next, electric current is delivered to the electrode, causing the conductor to heat and begin to deform within the slot. During this time, the electrode moves further into the slot. If the electrode reaches the penetration threshold in the commutator slot before the maximum weld time is reached, current to the electrode is terminated. After terminating current to the electrode, the electrode remains in contact with and applies force to the conductor until the maximum weld time is reached. After the maximum weld time is reached, the electrode is removed from contact with welded conductor.

Dynamic weld power termination for hot-staking armature commutators

A dip soldering process includes a reservoir of molten solder and a solder ladle for immersion therein to refresh the supply of ladled solder. The ladled solder is displaced by a displacement plunger to thereby overflow the ladle and carry with it surface contamination. Continued immersion of the plunger during the soldering operation of the workpiece accomplishes continual flow across the soldered workpiece thereby removing any contaminants which rise to the surface or are introduced by the workpiece.

Method and apparatus for dip solder processing

A method of securing a tubular metallic magnet retainer to a tubular metallic frame of a dynamoelectric machine, the tubular frame having an annular internal surface, the steps comprising, forming an annular end surface at an end of said tubular frame that is located at an angle to said annular internal surface of said frame, an intersection of said annular end surface and said internal annular surface of said frame forming an annular first ridge, inserting said magnet retainer into said tubular frame, bending an annular end portion of said magnet retainer into engagement with said annular surface on said frame to thereby form a second annular ridge on said magnet retainer that is aligned with said first annular ridge, moving a welding electrode that has an annular tapered surface into engagement with said second ridge, a shape of said tapered surface on said welding electrode being such that there is annular line contact between a portion of said tapered surface on said welding electrode and said second ridge, and causing a welding current to flow through said electrode and through said first and second ridges to cause an annular imperforate weld to be developed between said first and second ridges.

Method of making frame and magnet assembly for a dynamoelectric machine

A frame and magnet assembly for a dynamoelectric machine. The assembly includes an imperforate frame member formed of metallic magnetic material. A one-piece tubular imperforate stainless steel magnet supporting part is disposed within the frame. The magnet supporting part has pockets that contain permanent magnets. The opposite ends of the frame have annular chamfered or tapered surfaces which intersect a tubular inner surface of the frame to define annular ridges. Annular end portions of the magnet support are bent into engagement with the tapered surfaces on the frame to thereby provide ridges on the magnet support that are aligned with the ridges on the frame. The ridges on the frame are welded to the ridges on the magnet support by a welding current that is supplied to a pair of welding electrodes that respectively engage the ridges on the magnet support. The welding electrodes have annular tapered surfaces which have line contact with the ridges on the magnet support.

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Ronald Dale Gentry