Insulator for terminating electrodynamic stator coils
AssigneeOnan Corporation
InventorsJerome J. Lemmer, Gary B. O'Malley
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Abstract
A stator termination assembly comprising a gate member, a terminator, terminals, a terminator cover and electrical plug assemblies. The preferred assembly comprises an arcuate gate member having that operate to lead a stator magnet wire extension from stator lamination assembly to a terminal where a solderless electrical connection can be made. The terminator accepts stator magnet wire extensions and terminals so that an electrical connection can be made. A terminator cover helps secure and align the terminals into the terminator so that an electrical connection can be made between the terminals and an electrical plug assembly.
Claims23
A stator termination assembly for mounting on a stator lamination assembly having a central rotor bore extending therethrough and stator coils wound therein;
- said stator termination assembly comprising:
- (a) a gate member having a mounting portion;
- said mounting portion being constructed and arranged to circumscribe at least a portion of the central rotor bore;
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- (b) said gate member further including means for leading a plurality of stator coil magnet wire extensions, from the stator lamination assembly, in spaced relation to one another and in arcuate paths at least partially circumscribing said central rotor bore;
- said means for leading a plurality of stator coil magnet wire extensions being constructed and arranged to maintain said wire extensions spaced from one another as each is directed along a corresponding one of said arcuate paths.
A method of terminating motor and generator stators including a stator lamination assembly having a central rotor bore extending therethrough and a plurality of stator winding wires thereon;
- wherein each said stator winding wire has stator magnet wire extensions leading from stator lamination assembly, said method including the steps of:
- (a) mounting a gate termination assembly on said stator lamination assembly with said arcuate mounting portion circumscribing at least a portion of the rotor central bore, wherein said gate member has:
- (i) means for leading a plurality of stator coil magnet wire extensions, from the stator lamination assembly, in spaced relation to one another, and in arcuate paths at least partially circumscribing said central rotor bore;
- and means for leading a plurality of stator coil magnet wire extension being constructed and arranged to maintain said wire extensions spaced from one another as each is directed along a corresponding one of said arcuate paths;
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- (ii) retaining means for collecting and retaining said stator coil magnet wire extensions which have been guided through said means for leading a plurality of stator coil magnet wire extensions;
- (b) guiding stator magnet wire extensions from the stator lamination assembly through said means for leading stator magnet wire extensions about said arcuate paths to said retaining means;
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- (c) hooking said stator magnet wire extensions into said retaining means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.