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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:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Sirois, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
James J. Holich, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Dennis P. Bobay, Ossian, IN (US);
Robert K. Hollenbeck, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
David Erdman, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 1/516 ; H02K 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 1/516 ; H02K 1/00 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for progressively cutting, piercing, bending, stacking, and interlocking lamination assemblies from a strip of laminate. The stacked laminations are mechanically interlocked with a staple-style interlock that secures all the laminations in the stack together. All the steps in the process of forming, stacking and interlocking are done within the tool and die assembly, eliminating the need for additional equipment to stack and interlock assemblies.