# US 12,014,863 B2 · Coil-forming apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,014,863 B2 - Document ID: US12014863B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/101,296 - Filed: 2020-11-23 - Published: 2021-07-01 - Granted: 2024-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-27 - Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Takahiro Ide; Kenichi Omagari - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12014863B2 ## CPC - H01F 27/2823: {Wires (H01F27/2866 takes precedence)} - H01F 41/071: Winding coils of special form (winding conductors onto closed formers or cores H01F41/08) - H01F 17/045: {with core of cylindric geometry and coil wound along its longitudinal axis, i.e. rod or drum core} - H01F 41/077: Deforming the cross section or shape of the winding material while winding - H01F 41/082: Devices for guiding or positioning the winding material on the former - H02K 15/0421: and consisting of single conductors, e.g. hairpins - H01F: MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES - H02K: DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES (dynamo-electric relays H01H53/00; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power {H03K3/53}) ## Abstract A coil-forming apparatus for forming a bare coil wire into a U-shape, the apparatus including: one bare coil-wire holding unit that winds and holds a bare coil wire; a take-up drum that includes one or a plurality of housing units that house the bare coil wire supplied from the one bare coil wire holding unit at a circumference; a cutting member that cuts the bare coil wire housed in housing units and wound around the take-up drum, at a portion of the circumference of the take-up drum; a drawing member for drawing the bare coil wire outward in a radial direction of the take-up drum after being cut by the cutting member, from a position separated from the cutting member; and a forming unit that forms the bare coil wire drawn by the drawing member into a U-shape. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A coil-forming apparatus that forms bare coil wire into a U-shape, the coil-forming apparatus comprising: one bobbin that winds and holds the bare coil wire; a take-up drum including a rotating shaft, a plurality of frame units radially extending from the rotating shaft, and metal blocks respectively attached to leading ends of the plurality of frame units, the take-up drum being configured to wind the bare coil wire around an outer circumference thereof by rotating about the rotating shaft, the metal blocks including one or a plurality of grooves for housing the bare coil wire supplied from the one bobbin, the one or the plurality of grooves being formed on the outer circumference of the metal blocks and extending in a circumferential direction; a cutting member that cuts the bare coil wire housed in the one or the plurality of grooves and wound around the take-up drum, at a portion of the outer circumference of the take-up drum; a male die that has a convex shape toward an outside in a radial direction of the take-up drum, along an inner surface shape of a U-shape, wherein the male die is configured move along a guide rail, and to pull and move the bare coil wire in the radial direction after being cut by the cutting member, radially outward of the take-up drum from a position separated from the cutting member; a drawing passage that extends radially outward from the take-up drum and supports the bare coil wire drawn from the take-up drum by way of movement of the male die; and a female die that is arranged at an end portion at a far side from the take-up drum of the drawing passage, wherein when the male die moves along the drawing passage, the male die and the female die are clamped so that the bare coil wire is formed into a U-shape between the male die and the female die. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The coil-forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of the grooves are provided in an axial direction of the take-up drum. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The coil-forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the metal blocks has, along an axial direction of the take-up drum, a size capable of housing windings of the bare coil wire in the one or the plurality of grooves, the windings resulting from winding the bare coil wire around the take-up drum a plurality of times and being layered in the axial direction of the take-up drum. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The coil-forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the drawing passage unit includes a pair of guide members that sandwich both sides of the bare coil wire drawn from the take-up drum by the male die, for guiding the bare coil wire so that the bare coil wire does not spread. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The coil-forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein each of the meal blocks has, along the axial direction of the take-up drum, a size capable of housing windings of the bare coil wire in the plurality of grooves, the windings resulting from winding the bare coil wire around the take-up drum a plurality of times and being layered in the axial direction of the take-up drum. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The coil-forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the drawing passage unit includes a pair of guide members that sandwich both sides of the bare coil wire drawn from the take-up drum by the male die, for guiding the bare coil wire so that the bare coil wire does not spread. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The coil-forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the drawing passage unit includes a pair of guide members that sandwich both sides of the bare coil wire drawn from the take-up drum by the male die, for guiding the bare coil wire so that the bare coil wire does not spread. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The coil-forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the male die is constituted to pull the bare coil wire after having been cut by the cutting member radially outward from an inside of the take-up drum; and the female die forms the bare coil wire into the U-shape, near an end portion in a drawing direction by the male die. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The coil-forming apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the male die is constituted to pull the bare coil wire after having been cut by the cutting member radially outward from an inside of the take-up drum; and the female die forms the bare coil wire into the U-shape, near an end portion in a drawing direction by the male die. ### Claim 10 (depends on 4) The coil-forming apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the male die is constituted to pull the bare coil wire after having been cut by the cutting member radially outward from an inside of the take-up drum; the female die forms the bare coil wire into the U-shape, near an end portion in a drawing direction by the male die.