An automatic supply system of a terminal assembly for a hair pin type stator supplies the terminal assembly to a welding unit welding the stator coil and terminal assembly of the hair pin type stator to each other. The system includes: i) a conveyor unit transporting a terminal supply box storing the plurality of terminal assemblies along a set transport path; ii) a terminal supply robot gripping or releasing at least one terminal assembly of the plurality of terminal assemblies, and loading or unloading the at least one terminal assembly at a set location; and iii) a terminal alignment unit aligning the at least one terminal assembly loaded at the set location by the terminal supply robot.

A method comprises: a step of disposing a coil end connection portion of a first stator coil end and a solid connection at mutually adjacent positions after the solid connection and the cooling water pipe are brazed together; a step of disposing a heating coil around the solid connection and the first stator coil end in such a way as to bypass the cooling water pipe connection portion; and a step of supplying the heating coil with alternating current, so that the solid connection and the first stator coil end are induce-heated and then connected.

A rotor coil for a revolving armature includes a strand coil that includes a part arranged in a core slot of the rotor and is composed of a plurality of element wires; and a solid coil welded to an end of the strand coil wherein the end of the strand coil and an end of the solid coil are welded by friction stir welding. A manufacturing method of a rotor coil includes the step of performing friction stir welding wherein the friction stir welding is performed for the butt joint with the end of the strand coil arranged in an advancing side defined by a rotation direction of a tool and with the solid coil arranged in a retreating side.

A stator (1) of a rotary electric machine includes a body (2) provided with slots (15), a coil (3) constituted of windings (4, 5, 6, 7, 8) that include first conductive segments (19) equipped with two first branches and second conductive segments (25) provided with two second branches. Each conductive segment is coated with insulation except for the presence of a bared surface on each one of the branches. The shapes of the bared surfaces complement one another. The first and second conductive segments are arranged in a staggered configuration and in opposite directions successively one after the other, with each slot accepting first branches and second branches positioned opposite with the bared surfaces thereof respectively in contact with one another in such a way as to form a continuous wire. The stator includes elements for keeping the bared surfaces in contact with one another in the slots.

An electric motor comprises a stator, rotor and powering circuit. A first stator pole is operable to attract a first rotor pole to rotate the rotor when the first stator pole is energized, and a second stator pole is operable to attract a second rotor pole when energized. The circuit comprises a plurality of charge storage devices including a first subset and a second subset which in a first mode of operation is operable to discharge the first subset to both energize the first stator pole and charge the second subset, with the first subset connected in series and the second subset connected in parallel, and in a second mode of operation, the circuit is operable to discharge the second subset to both energize the second stator pole and charge the first subset, with the second subset connected in series and the first subset connected in parallel.

A stator for an electric rotary machine including a stator core and a coil, wherein: the coil has plural slot coils and plural connection coils, each slot coil being inserted into the slot, each connection coil connecting the slot coils in a position lying further axially outwards than an axial end face of the stator core, and the coil being constituted in such a way that the slot coil and the connection coil are joined at an abutment portion; and in a hole portion, where the abutment portion is accommodated, of a insulation plate, the connection coil and the slot coil are spaced apart from the insulation plate in the circumferential direction to thereby form a first gap portion.

A production method for manufacturing a hairpin coil includes positioning a plurality of hairpin-like conductor elements on a coil support such that conductor end portions of conductor elements to be connected, which protrude from the coil support, are arranged adjacent to one another as conductor end portion pairs, securing the relative position of the conductor end portions of a conductor end portion pair, and simultaneously welding the respective conductor end portions of a plurality of conductor end portion pairs by friction welding, by a friction surface of a welding tool being simultaneously moved in a frictional manner along the plurality of conductor end portion pairs.

The reliability of a rotating electrical machine is improved. A method for manufacturing a stator used in a rotating electrical machine includes: a first step of arranging a first segment coil and a second segment coil to face each other; a second step of processing the first segment coil to generate a bridge part that comes into contact with the second segment coil; and a third step of joining the bridge part and the second segment coil by laser welding.

A conductive wire includes an angled protrusion having a tapered shape being integrated with a wire-shaped main body and configured to generate an arc between itself and an arc welding electrode. At least one of the pair of conductive members comprises an angled protrusion having a tapered shape. Welding of the conductive members is performed by melting the angled protrusion by generating an arc between the angled protrusion and an electrode.

The invention relates to a stator which may be used within an electric rotating machine and a method for manufacturing a stator. The stator (200) comprises a stator core (100) having a plurality of slots (101, 101a, 101b) arranged in circumferential direction (C) of the stator core (100), a plurality of conductors (102, 103) forming a stator winding, wherein at least a radially outer conductor (102) and a radially inner conductor (103) are arranged along a radial direction (R) of each slot (101). At least one pair of a radially outer conductor (102) of a first slot (101a) and a radially inner conductor (103) of a second slot (101b) circumferentially spaced from the first slot (101a) is electrically connected by a connection bridge (1). The connection bridge (1) comprises a first base element (2) and a second base element (3) connected to a respective conductor (102, 103) and a top element (4) being connected to the base elements (2, 3) and preferably arranged in a larger distance from the stator core (100) than the first base element (2) and second base element (3).