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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2010
Akito Akimoto, Kariya, JP;
Noriyuki Fukui, Kariya, JP;
Kazuhiro Nobata, Chiryu, JP;
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An electric wire shaping apparatus includes a pair of male and female shaping dies and a pressing mechanism. Each of the male and female shaping dies has a shaping surface that includes a plurality of straight parts and a plurality of bent parts. The pressing mechanism moves one of the male and female shaping dies toward the other, thereby pressing a turn portion of an electric wire between the shaping surfaces of the male and female shaping dies in a width-wise direction of the turn portion. Furthermore, the male and female shaping dies are so configured that when they are located closest to each other, a gap Wbetween a corresponding pair of the bent parts of the shaping surfaces of the male and female shaping dies is different in size from a gap Wbetween a corresponding pair of the straight parts of the shaping surfaces.