Bryan C Kent

US Patent:

42104831, Jul 1, 1980

Filed:

Apr 9, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/028232

Inventors:

Bryan P. Kent - San Diego CA

Assignee:

Variani Associates, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

B31F 100

US Classification:

156443

Abstract:

Apparatus for making the inductive component of a delay line containing multiple wire wound bobbins in a linear assembly. The component comprises a pair of multiple post bobbin units secured together with the bobbins interfitting in a row, each bobbin being wire wound. The apparatus simultaneously winds all bobbins on each unit with a uniform number of turns of wire, then secures the two units together while maintaining tension on the wire to prevent slippage. Bobbin units are fed into holders which are indexed successively to a winding station, an adhesive application station and a joining station, the completed components being wound on a storage spool while still in a string on the wires. The winding heads are driven to move in an elliptical path around the bobbin posts to provide clearance between the posts and to maintain constant wire tension in the windings.

US Patent:

46140301, Sep 30, 1986

Filed:

May 16, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/734961

Inventors:

James D. Lint - San Diego CA
Bryan P. Kent - Sisters OR

Assignee:

Varian Associates, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

H01R 4300
B23P 1900

US Classification:

29885

Abstract:

An apparatus for automatically processing the wire ends of cores includes a forming die for bending the axially projecting wire ends back to project parallel to one another generally away from the core. Cores are received in a receiving station aligned with the forming die and orientated so that the wire ends are spaced as far as possible from the die. When the wire ends are sensed to be in the correct orientation, an actuator is operated to push the core through the forming die. The core with its wire ends bent back is then preferably stepped through a series of processing stations to trim and tin the wire ends and then ejected from the machine. A series of cores can be stepped continuously one after the other through the machine.