Method for assembling an inductive device
AssigneeMagneTek, Inc.
InventorsSteve M. Carey, James H. Ball, Raymond H. VanWagener
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Abstract
A method of assembling a leadless type ballast transformer having a connector at one end of the housing for accepting a mating connector which supplies voltage to the ballast and provides the operating voltage to the lamps controlled by the ballast. Uninsulated connection leads extending inwardly of the housing from the connector terminals to contact the lugs of a terminal board adjacent a transformer coil with the magnet wires of the transformer coils also being in contact with the terminal board lugs. The connection leads and magnet wires are permanently electrically connected to the terminal board lugs by ultrasonic welding.
Claims10
A method of assembling an inductive device within a housing having walls comprising the steps of
- providing in said housing at least one inductive coil having at least two magnet wire ends;
- attaching a terminal board having a plurality of spaced lugs to said at least one inductive coil,
- engaging each of said magnet wire ends with a corresponding terminal board lug,
- providing a connector having a plurality of spaced terminals with connecting wires extending from at least some of said connector terminals toward said terminal board,
- engaging one of said connecting wires with one of said terminal board lugs, a said connecting wire extending directly from between its connector terminal and the corresponding terminal board lug,
- fixedly electrically connecting each said connecting wire and said magnet wire ends to the corresponding terminal board lugs that they engage, and
- mounting said connector in a wall of said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.