ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,492, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Tecnomatic S.p.A. (Corropoli, Italy).
"Method and system for assembling a stator or rotor winding" was invented by Giovanni Ruggieri (Corropoli, Italy), Maurilio Micucci (Corropoli, Italy) and Giuseppe Ranalli (Corropoli, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a system for inserting all hairpins of a k-th crown of a stator winding into the same region of space are provided. Progressively inserted hairpins are movable along a path of geometry so that the last hairpin of the crown is always insertable as if the last hairpin were the first hairpin, without hindrance. After inserting the...