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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2002
Gianfranco Stratico, Siena, IT;
Maurizio Mugelli, Siena, IT;
Gianfranco Stratico, Siena, IT;
Maurizio Mugelli, Siena, IT;
Axis USA, Inc., Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for terminating dynamoelectric machine component wire coil leads in situ in automated wire coil winding machines are provided. A shape-forming wire-termination fixture is disposed about the front face of the dynamoelectric machine component. After the wire coils have been wound, a movable wire gripper is used to grasp and manipulate the starting and ending wire leads of the wound coils one at a time. The wire leads are terminated by deforming them around the wire-termination fixture to form freestanding geometrical patterns in them. Machine component-holding pick and place devices may be used to remove components with terminated wire leads from the winding machine for further processing.