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US 12,354,789 B1Granted
Methods for manufacturing saddle coils
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorJohn E. Miesner
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Abstract
The invention relates to saddle coil winding apparatus, methods of manufacturing saddle coils, and saddle coils produced using the winding apparatus and/or manufacturing methods. The saddle coil winding apparatus and methods of manufacturing beneficially reduce or eliminate the stretching of electrical wires, and do not cause the electrical wires to slide past each other. The saddle coils produced using the winding apparatus and/or manufacturing methods may have electrical leads provided on the outside of the coil.
Claims13
A saddle coil winding method, comprising:
- attaching coil form side plates and coil end support plates to a flexible coil bending plate;
- releasably attaching a rigid top plate to the coil end support plates on the flexible coil bending plate, forming a winding space to constrain an electrical wire;
- winding the electrical wire around the coil form side plates and coil end support plates between the flexible coil bending plate and the rigid top plate, forming a single coil layer having a desired number of turns;
- removing the rigid top plate and coil form side plates;
- bending the flexible bending plate with attached coil end support plates into conformance with a coil bending form, thereby bending the single coil layer into a saddle coil layer;
- and
- removing the coil end support plates and freeing the saddle coil layer from the flexible coil bending plate.
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