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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carl Alfred Holmes, Erie, PA (US);
Robert Michael Koca, Fairview, PA (US);
William Donald Fisher, Erie, PA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Erie, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
310180 ; 310194 ; 310208 ; 29598 ; 29605 ;
Abstract
An insulated coil for use in a coil and pole assembly comprising an electrically conductive coil including a plurality of aligned, overlapping turns that are coated with a powder coating material so as to be electrically insulated from each other. The powder coated coil is heated so as to partially cure the powder coating material and then fitted about its associated pole. Once disposed about the pole, the coil is compressed in the vertical and horizontal directions, and heated while in the compressed state to completely cure the powder coating material.