Richard D Lauer

US Patent:

42990254, Nov 10, 1981

Filed:

Mar 23, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/023351

Inventors:

Richard E. Lauer - Fort Wayne IN
Dallas F. Smith - Fort Wayne IN

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Fort Wayne IN

International Classification:

H02K 1506

US Classification:

29596

Abstract:

An injection shuttle system is disclosed for fabricating stator core assemblies. Injection tooling and a stator core are selected and positioned on a shuttle means at a selection station for moving to coil loading stations and a transfer station. The injection tooling is positioned, aligned and manipulated relative to a winding machine at each coil loading station for disposing winding turns thereon. At the transfer station, the injection tooling is transferred to a wedge guide housing of a turntable arrangement which includes wedge making and injection stations. A stator height adjustment arrangement is provided for adjusting the wedge making and injection stations in accordance with the axial length of the core. The injection tooling is moved or indexed to the wedge making stations where insulating wedges are fabricated and inserted into wedge guides of the wedge guide housing. The injection tooling is then moved to the injection station where the core is interfitted with the tooling by a core transfer assembly.

US Patent:

39774449, Aug 31, 1976

Filed:

Jan 7, 1975

Appl. No.:

5/539135

Inventors:

Richard E. Lauer - Fort Wayne IN
Louis W. Pieper - Fort Wayne IN

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Fort Wayne IN

International Classification:

B21F 300

US Classification:

140 921

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus for selecting increments of relative travel of portions of at least one coil insertion apparatus in response to the actual height of a selected magnetic core and interdependently adjusting the mechanical interrelationships between two or more parts of winding turn establishing means of winding apparatus so as to provide one or more turns of conductive material having a size and shape that is particularly adapted for placement in slots of the selected magnetic core. During the interdependent adjustment, one or more additional coil insertion apparatus may be interdependently adjusted. In one approach, a gauge measures actual axial length of core and mechanism concurrently sets up winding size determining means. The gauge may be coil insertion apparatus. Also disclosed are apparatus and methods for: adjusting winding turn size (this being related to stack height); for adjusting the "span" of winding turns so that they may selectively be of "odd" or "even" span; and for selectively determining relative angular indexing of winding turn receiving means so that the polar axes of adjacent coil groups may be angularly displaced substantially any desired amount.

US Patent:

41061853, Aug 15, 1978

Filed:

Jun 13, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/805701

Inventors:

Richard E. Lauer - Fort Wayne IN

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Fort Wayne IN

International Classification:

H02K 1506

US Classification:

29596

Abstract:

Methods and apparatus are disclosed for fabricating dynamoelectric machine magnetic stator assemblies. Coil injection tooling or tool pack is moved into an alignment position at a winding station where it is manipulated to dispose winding turns directly on the tool pack. The tool pack with winding turns thereon and a magnetic core are moved to a loading station where both are positioned and aligned on a transporting device. A conditioning arrangement adjusts the transporting device and simultaneously adjusts an injection machine for the particular stator core height. The transporting device is then moved and aligned at an injection station where the injection tooling is transferred from the transporting device to a coil injection machine. The magnetic core is aligned with the transferred injection tooling and then the injection machine is activated to cause simultaneous insertion of the winding turns and insulating wedges into axial slots of the magnetic core with the core being retained in position during the coil injection operation by core abutment means located on the core support. The transporting device is again moved to receive the empty blade pack or injection tooling as it is ejected from the injection machine.

US Patent:

41516362, May 1, 1979

Filed:

Dec 5, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/857222

Inventors:

Richard E. Lauer - Fort Wayne IN
Dallas F. Smith - Fort Wayne IN

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Fort Wayne IN

International Classification:

H02K 1506

US Classification:

29596

Abstract:

An injection shuttle system is disclosed for fabricating stator core assemblies. Injection tooling and a stator core are selected and positioned on a shuttle means at a selection station for moving to coil loading stations and a transfer station. The injection tooling is positioned, aligned and manipulated relative to a winding machine at each coil loading station for disposing winding turns thereon. At the transfer station, the injection tooling is transferred to a wedge guide housing of a turntable arrangement which includes wedge making and injection stations. A stator height adjustment arrangement is provided for adjusting the wedge making and injection stations in accordance with the axial length of the core. The injection tooling is moved or indexed to the wedge making stations where insulating wedges are fabricated and inserted into wedge guides of the wedge guide housing. The injection tooling is then moved to the injection station where the core is interfitted with the tooling by a core transfer assembly.