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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Pierino Gianni Bonanni, Loudonville, NY (US);
Derek Arthur Mangun, Scotia, NY (US);
Leonardo Cesar Kammer, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Hullas Sehgal, Guilderland, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 54/64 (2006.01); B65H 54/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 54/2854 (2013.01); H01F 41/064 (2016.01);
Abstract
A method for sensing a position of a lead wire during winding of a wire on a coil form to form a precision coil is provided. The method includes acquiring data representative of at least a portion of the precision coil, identifying portions of the acquired data that represent the wire in the precision coil, and determining a position of the lead wire on the coil form from the identified portions of the acquired data.