Method for assembling conductive segments of a rotor winding or stator winding in a rotary electric machine

• US 6,915,556 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2002
• Issued: 07/12/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur (Valeo SE)
• Original Assignee: Valeo Equipements Electriques Moteur (Valeo SE)
• Inventors: Lenoir, Romaric, Even, Denis, Hevia, Thierry, Arrighi, Sébastien
• Primary Examiner(s): Arbes, Carl J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Phan, Tim
• Application Number:
  US10/240,943
• Publication Number:
  US 20030159269A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,230 Days
• Field of Search: 295/96, 295/97, 295/98, 296/05, 297/32, 219/75, 219/125.11, 310/42, 310/201
• US Class Current: 29/596
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 15/0056 Manufacturing winding connections
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 15/0081 for form-wound windings
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49009 Dynamoelectric machine
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49011 Commutator or slip ring assembly
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49012 Rotor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49071 by winding or coiling
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53143 Motor or generator

Abstract

This process for assembling conductive segments (16) of a rotor or stator winding of a rotary electrical machine comprises the stages consisting in inserting the conductive segments (16) in slots arranged in a core (12) of the rotor or of the stator in such a way that the conductive segments project beyond the latter by their free ends, and in welding the conductive segments in pairs by their projecting free ends to form a winding (14) around the rotor or the stator.

The conductive segments each being formed by a wire of electrically conductive material covered with a layer of electrically insulating material, the layer of electrically insulating material is eliminated, in the zone in which the conductive segments are welded, by the means used to weld the latter.

Application to the assembly of conductive segments of a rotor or stator winding of a motor-vehicle alternator.

Claims

1. Process for assembling conductive segments (16) of a rotor or stator winding of a rotary electrical machine, comprising the stages of:

inserting the conductive segments (16) in slots (18) arranged in a core (12) of the rotor or of the stator in such a way that the segments project beyond the latter by their free ends,

folding the free ends of the conductive segments, and

during a welding operation, welding by means of a laser beam the conductive segments (16) in pairs by their projecting free ends to form a winding around the rotor or the stator,

wherein, the conductive segments each being formed by a wire of electrically conductive material covered with a layer of electrically insulating material, the layer of electrically insulating material is eliminated, in the zone in which the conductive segments are welded, by the means used to weld the latter and wherein the laser beam is driven in a sequential manner, said laser beam being interrupted between two welding operations.

2. Assembly process according to claim 1, wherein the stage in which the layer of electrically insulating material is eliminated is carried out during the welding of the conductive segments (16).

3. Assembly process according to claim 2, further comprising, following the welding of the conductive segments, a stage in which debris of electrically insulating material produced during welding is removed.

4. Assembly process according to claim 3, wherein the stage of removing debris includes a phase in which the welded zones are brushed, followed by a suction phase.

5. Process according to claim 1, wherein during the welding operation the laser beam is fixed relative to the free ends (22 and 24) to be welded of the conductive segments.

6. Process according to claim 5, wherein the free ends (22 and 24) to be welded have a chamfer for the formation of a penetrating weld seam forming an inner triangle.