Pallet support assembly for use in manufacturing stators
US5662317A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 18, 1995 |
| Grant date | Sep 2, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 18, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB23Q7/1426
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A stator support assembly for use during the manufacture of electric motor stator assemblies includes a pallet, a rotatable stator support nest mounted on the pallet, and a lock arrangement that resists rotation of the nest from plural, locked, rotary orientations. The nest has generally horizontal, upwardly-facing, stator core supporting surfaces and generally vertical stator core confining wall portions. Accordingly, a stator assembly being manufactured is supported in a substantially fixed position or orientation as required when a stator assembly is being transferred from one workstation to the next but can be manually rotated from one locked position to the next for the convenience of a human operator when manual operations on the stator assembly are performed. Lock arrangements that may be used comprise recesses and one or more cooperating spring-biased detents or, alternatively, holes and a spring-biased shot pin.
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