WO1998001934A1 - Procede et appareil de connexion d'un fil de raccordement - Google Patents

Procede et appareil de connexion d'un fil de raccordement Download PDF

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WO1998001934A1
WO1998001934A1 PCT/US1996/011494 US9611494W WO9801934A1 WO 1998001934 A1 WO1998001934 A1 WO 1998001934A1 US 9611494 W US9611494 W US 9611494W WO 9801934 A1 WO9801934 A1 WO 9801934A1
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lead wire
stator
stator core
tooling assembly
coil
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John M. Beakes
Theodore E. Delehanty
Howard S. Hunter
Lawrence E. Newman
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Globe Products Inc.
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02K—DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
    • H02K15/00—Methods or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines
    • H02K15/0056—Manufacturing winding connections
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02K—DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
    • H02K15/00—Methods or apparatus specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining or repairing of dynamo-electric machines
    • H02K15/0056—Manufacturing winding connections
    • H02K15/0068—Connecting winding sections; Forming leads; Connecting leads to terminals

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  • This invention relates to the art of manufacturing stators for electric motors and more particularly to a stator coil lead wire connecting method and apparatus for enabling a stator coil lead wire to be aligned with and connected to a terminal or terminal receptacle on an end face of a stator core.
  • stators include a stator core on which are mounted terminal boards with terminal-receiving receptacles which have terminals lodged in them or which have slots for receiving lead wires and in which terminals are inserted at a later stage in the manufacturing process.
  • a stator coil lead wire is to be directly connected to a terminal mounted on the stator core or inserted into slots in a terminal receptacle on the stator core.
  • terminal member is intended to refer either to a terminal which projects from the stator core or to a terminal- receiving receptacle to which a terminal is to be connected at a later stage in the manufacture of the stator.
  • a common practice is to wind coils on a stator core at a winding station and, during the winding process, insert the stator coil lead wires into temporary wire clamps. The wound stator core is then transferred along with the temporary wire clamps to a lead connect or robot station and, using an end effector of an industrial robot, the stator coil lead wires are manipulated to connect them to the terminal members. Examples of terminal connection methods used to connect stator coil lead wires to terminal members having tangs are disclosed in the aforementioned U.S. Patents 4,951,379; 5,090,107; and 5,090,108.
  • Stator coil lead wires are often extended from a side of a wound coil directly to a terminal-receiving receptacle or terminal located close to the side of the coil from which the lead wire extends, and connections of such lead wires to the terminal members can usually be accomplished by relatively simple movements of a three axis industrial robot.
  • a lead wire extends from one side of the wound coil to a remotely-located terminal member. The latter cases may be difficult or impossible to handle by the use of a three axis industrial robot, particularly if the lead wire has to extend completely over an end turn of the coil from which it leads.
  • Some stators have narrow gaps between adjacent terminal members through which lead wires must be coursed.
  • the uncertain position of lead wires extended to remotely located terminal members over coil end turns renders particularly difficult the routing of the lead wires through such narrow gaps because the lead wire positions relative to the coil end turns is not uniform from stator to stator and because the positions of a lead wire changes as the robot attempts to lay the lead wire in a narrow gap located remotely from the coil side from which the lead wire extends.
  • a stator coil lead wire is extended over the end turns of coil from which the lead wire is extended and inserted into a terminal member adjacent the opposite side of the same coil.
  • a tooling assembly is provided having a coil shield which prevents the lead wire from becoming disengaged from the coil end turns and moving toward the center of the stator core.
  • a wire guide finger is provided which is movable toward and away from the stator core for enabling the lead wire to be inserted between closely spaced terminal members.
  • FIG. 1 is a partly exploded, fragmentary, partly schematic, perspective view of a lead connect station of a stator winding machine which includes a presently preferred tooling assembly in accordance with this invention, a stator with which this invention may be used, wire clamps that temporarily hold the lead wires extending from the stator coils, and a portion of a robot end effector used for connecting the lead wires to the stator terminal members.
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged, fragmentary, perspective view of the stator, a portion of the tooling assembly and the robot end effector of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a step taken to connect one of the stator coil lead wires to a terminal member.
  • FIG. 3 is a fragmentary, perspective view similar to FIG. 2 but showing a subsequent step taken to connect the stator coil lead wire to the terminal member.
  • FIG. 4 is a fragmentary, perspective view of the robot end effector and a portion of the stator and the tooling assembly shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 but showing a still later step taken to connect the stator coil lead wire to the terminal member.
  • FIGS. 5 through 8 are fragmentary perspective views of generally the same parts of the stator and the tooling assembly shown in FIG. 4 and illustrate successive additional steps taken to connect the stator coil lead wires to the terminal member.
  • this invention is directed to the manufacture of a stator, generally designated 10, comprising a laminated core 12 formed to include a central bore 14 and pole pieces 16 (only one of which is illustrated) around which coils 20 and 22 of magnet wire are wound.
  • a stator generally designated 10
  • a laminated core 12 formed to include a central bore 14 and pole pieces 16 (only one of which is illustrated) around which coils 20 and 22 of magnet wire are wound.
  • Each coil 20 and 22 has sides which extend axially through the stator core 12 and end turns, designated 26, which extend over a coil support 28 that forms part of a plastic end piece or terminal board, generally designated 29, affixed to the stator core.
  • the outermost end of each of the coil supports 28 has a radially outwardly extending tooth or coil retainer 30.
  • Plural terminal sockets 32 which are integrally formed with the plastic end piece or terminal board 29, project axially outwardly of the stator core 12.
  • terminal sockets 32 there are eight terminal sockets 32, two at each corner of the stator core 12.
  • metal terminals 34 having tangs 36 are lodged into four of the sockets 32, namely the four sockets 32 located at the upper right corner and at the lower left corner of the face of the stator core 10 as viewed in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the sockets 32 are each provided with an integral cleat or anchor 38 having spaced surfaces defining a channel or trough into which stator coil lead wires are extended as will be described below.
  • a stator coil lead wire is extended over the end turns of coil from which the lead wire is extended and inserted into a terminal member adjacent the opposite side of the same coil.
  • a tooling assembly is provided having a coil shield which prevents the lead wire from becoming disengaged from the coil end turn and moving toward the center of the stator core.
  • a wire guide finger is provided which is movable toward and away from the stator core for enabling the lead wire to be inserted between closely spaced terminal members into which stator coil lead wires are extended as will be described below.
  • the coils 20 and 22 were wound starting with lead wires (called start wires) 40 and 44 and finishing with lead wires (called finish wires) 42 and 46.
  • the lead wires 40, 42, 44 and 46 were inserted into lead wire-retaining temporary clamps 48, only two of which are illustrated in FIG. 1, which releasably and temporarily hold the lead wires in preparation for later connection to the terminals 34.
  • the right side lead wire 40 of the upper stator coil 20 extends from the right side of the stator coil 20 upwardly between the two terminal sockets 32 located at the upper right corner of the stator core 10 to the upper right side temporary clamp 48.
  • the left side lead wire 42 of the upper stator coil 20 extends from the left side of the stator coil 20 upwardly between the two terminal sockets 32 located at the upper left corner of the stator core 10 to the upper left side temporary clamp 48.
  • the lead wires 44 and 46 likewise extend downwardly from the respective sides of the lower stator coil 22 between their respective nearest closest pair of terminal sockets 32 to their associated temporary clamps (not shown) .
  • This invention is directed primarily to a later stage in the manufacture of the stator 10, which may be termed the "lead-connect" stage, which is carried out at a lead-connect or robot station. This is the station diagra matically illustrated in FIG. 1.
  • the stator 10 is supported on a suitable support (not shown) which may be part of a support track as shown, for example, in U.S. Patent No. 5,090,108, or else a support member on a turret as shown, for example, in U.S. Patent No. 5,370,324.
  • a tooling assembly generally designated 80, is used in the practice of this invention, which comprises a vertical support arm 82 which is mounted for sliding movement on a base 84 for movement of the tooling assembly 80 axially toward and away from the stator core 10 at the lead- connect station.
  • An air actuator shown schematically at 86 in FIG. 1, is provided to axially move the tooling assembly 80 for purposes which will be described below.
  • the tooling assembly 80 further includes a coil shield plate 88 having a relieved rear face 90 which receives the top of the support arm 82, and a cylindrical, forwardly extending arbor 94 adapted to enter into the bore of the stator core 10 to secure its position and to provide added support for the coil end turns 26 during the lead wire connecting operations.
  • the rear face of the arbor 94 has a tapped hole (not shown) that receives a mounting screw 96 which holds the parts of tooling assembly 80 together.
  • the coil shield plate 88 has a front face, i.e. the face confronting the stator core 10 at the lead connect station, which has a pair of recessed pockets 100 shaped and located to receive the coil retainers 30 when the tooling assembly 80 is advanced into engagement with the stator 10 at the lead connect station, as shown in FIG. 2. Furthermore, the front face of the coil shield plate 88 extends above the upper coil retainer 30 and the lower coil retainer 30.
  • the tooling assembly 80 has an elongate lead guide finger 102 which projects generally parallel to the horizontal center axis of the stator core 10 at the lead connect station from the upper right side (as viewed in FIG.
  • the lead guide finger 102 can conveniently be affixed to the coil shield plate 88 in any suitable fashion, as by welding.
  • a second, lead guide finger (not shown) , which is hidden from view by the other parts of the tooling assembly 80, and which may be essentially identical to the illustrated lead guide finger 102, projects generally parallel to the horizontal center axis of the stator core 10 at the lead connect station from the lower left side (as viewed in FIG. 1) of the coil shield plate 88 toward and near to the terminal board 29 adjacent the anchor 38 integrally formed on the bottom left top right socket 32.
  • a robot having a pliers-like end effector 50 grips a first one of the lead wires, for example lead wire 40, and moves in such a manner as to withdraw the lead wire from its associated temporary clamp 48.
  • the robot is preferably a three axis industrial robot.
  • the lead wire 40 is extended behind the anchor 38 of the terminal socket 32 which is located closely adjacent the right side of the upper coil 20 and on the right side of the face of the terminal board 29.
  • the lead wire 40 is extended part way around the tang 36 of the terminal 34 lodged in the upper right side terminal socket 32.
  • the lead wire 40 is then severed closely adjacent the tang 36, either by an appropriate cutter (not shown) or by breaking the wire 40 against an edge of the tang in the manner described in the aforementioned U.S. Patent 4,951,379.
  • the manipulations of the robot end effector required to connect the lead wire 40 to the upper right side terminal member may be straightforward well within the skill of one familiar with the use of industrial robots for connecting stator coil lead wires to terminal members, and are not illustrated or further described herein. The same is true for the subsequent connection of the lead wire 44 to the lower left side terminal 34.
  • This invention is directed to the more difficult task of connecting the upper left side lead wire 42 to the terminal 34 located at the right end of the top of the face of the stator core 10 and to connecting the lower right side lead wire 46 to the terminal 34 located at the left end of the bottom of the face of the stator core 10.
  • the upper right side wire 40 must be connected to its terminal 34 before the upper left side lead wire 42 and the lower left side lead wire 44 must be connected to its terminal 34 before the lower right side lead wire 46. Otherwise, the lead wires 40 and 44 would interfere with the operations described below.
  • the tooling assembly 80 is moved toward the stator core 10 at the lead wire connect station immediately after the stator core reaches that station.
  • the end effector 50 grips the upper left side lead wire or finish wire 42 between the stator coil 20 and its associated temporary clamp 48.
  • the end effector 50 is then manipulated to remove the lead wire 42 from its temporary clamp 48 and to extend the lead wire 42 over the top of the end turns 26 of the coil 20 and over the top of the wire guide finger 102, after which the end effector 50 and the lead wire 42 have reached the positions thereof shown in FIG. 2.
  • the end effector 50 moves to extend the lead wire 42 over the end turns 26, it must be sufficiently spaced from the stator core 10 to stay clear of the upper right side terminals 34. During this time, the coil shield plate 88 prevents the lead wire 42 from falling off the coil support 28 toward the center of the stator core 10.
  • the tooling assembly 80 is then retracted sufficiently to enable the lead wire 42 to move between the upper right side terminals 34 and the free end of the lead guide finger 102.
  • the end effector 50 is then moved downwardly toward the horizontal plane extending through the center of the stator core 10 so that the lead wire 42 is brought below the level of the lead guide finger 102.
  • the tooling assembly is again moved toward the stator core 10, which causes the wire guide finger 102 to be located over the lead wire 42.
  • the precise location of the free ends of the coil guide fingers 102 may vary depending upon the particular configuration of the stator core and the coils wound thereon but, in general, they will be closely adjacent the channels or other parts of the terminal members into which the lead wires are first extending so that the position of the portions of the lead wires extended over the coil end turns can be accurately established closely adjacent the terminal members.

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Un fil de raccordement (42) d'un stator s'étend au-dessus des spires terminales (26) de la bobine primaire (20) du stator à partir de laquelle le fil de raccordement s'étend pour s'insérer dans un élément de borne (34) adjacente au côté opposé de la même bobine primaire. On a recours à un bloc de montage (80) disposant d'une plaque de blindage de bobine (88) qui empêche le fil de raccordement (42) de sortir de la spire terminale (26) du bobinage et de se déplacer vers le centre du noyau du stator (12). De plus, on a recours à un doigt guide-fil (102) qui peut s'écarter et se rapprocher du noyau du stator pour permettre l'insertion du fil de raccordement (42) entre les éléments de bornes très rapprochés.
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US4951379A (en) * 1989-09-25 1990-08-28 Globe Products Inc. Method for connecting wires to terminals having tangs and cutting the wires at the terminals
US5090107A (en) * 1990-04-20 1992-02-25 Globe Products Inc. Apparatus for inserting stator coil lead wires into terminals having wire-receiving channels
US5090108A (en) * 1990-10-17 1992-02-25 Globe Products Inc. Stator coil winding and lead termination method and apparatus

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US4951379A (en) * 1989-09-25 1990-08-28 Globe Products Inc. Method for connecting wires to terminals having tangs and cutting the wires at the terminals
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