Methods for changing relative positions of movable conductors for use in electrical inductive devices

Claim 1

A METHOD OF ARRANGING A TURN PORTION OF AN ELECTRICAL COIL, FORMED OF A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALLY MOVABLE CONDUCTOR TURNS, IN A PREDETERMINED POSITION NEXT TO A WALL OF TURN ACCOMODATING MEANS IN A MAGNETIC CORE, WITH THE TURN PORTION HAVING AN INITIAL POSITION IN THE TURN ACCOMODATING MEANS LOCATED FURTHER AWAY FROM THE WALL THAN THE PREDETERMINED POSITION, SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: DISPOSING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, CAPABLE OF CONDUCTING EDDY CURRENTS, IN THE VICINITY OF THE TURN PORTION IN INITIAL POSITION; AND GENERATING AT LEAST ONE SURGE OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT IN THE CONDUCTOR TURNS SUCH THAT THE CURRENT FLOWS THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL CONDUCTOR TURNS OF THE ELECTRICAL COIL IN THE SAME DIRECTION BY THE APPLICATION OF A SURGE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY OF A PREDETERMINED MAGNITUDE TO THE CONDUCTOR TURNS, WITH THE CURRENT FLOW ESTABLISHING A MAGNETIC FIELD ADJACENT THE TURN PORTION IN THE REGION OF THE CORE AT THE TURN ACCOMODATING MEANS AND WITH TRANSIENT EDDY CURRENTS BEING ESTABLISHED IN THE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL PRODUCING A REACTION WITH THE MAGNETIC FIELD TO CREATE FORCES WHICH EFFECT TRANSFER OF THE TURN PORTION FROM ITS INITIAL POSITION INTO ITS PREDETERMINED POSITION NEXT TO THE WALL OF THE TURN ACCOMODATING MEANS.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF ARRANGING A TURN PORTION OF AN ELECTRICAL COIL, FORMED OF A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALLY MOVABLE CONDUCTOR TURNS, IN A PREDETERMINED POSITION NEXT TO A WALL OF TURN ACCOMODATING MEANS IN A MAGNETIC CORE, WITH THE TURN PORTION HAVING AN INITIAL POSITION IN THE TURN ACCOMODATING MEANS LOCATED FURTHER AWAY FROM THE WALL THAN THE PREDETERMINED POSITION, SAID METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: DISPOSING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, CAPABLE OF CONDUCTING EDDY CURRENTS, IN THE VICINITY OF THE TURN PORTION IN INITIAL POSITION; AND GENERATING AT LEAST ONE SURGE OF ELECTRICAL CURRENT IN THE CONDUCTOR TURNS SUCH THAT THE CURRENT FLOWS THROUGH THE INDIVIDUAL CONDUCTOR TURNS OF THE ELECTRICAL COIL IN THE SAME DIRECTION BY THE APPLICATION OF A SURGE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY OF A PREDETERMINED MAGNITUDE TO THE CONDUCTOR TURNS, WITH THE CURRENT FLOW ESTABLISHING A MAGNETIC FIELD ADJACENT THE TURN PORTION IN THE REGION OF THE CORE AT THE TURN ACCOMODATING MEANS AND WITH TRANSIENT EDDY CURRENTS BEING ESTABLISHED IN THE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL PRODUCING A REACTION WITH THE MAGNETIC FIELD TO CREATE FORCES WHICH EFFECT TRANSFER OF THE TURN PORTION FROM ITS INITIAL POSITION INTO ITS PREDETERMINED POSITION NEXT TO THE WALL OF THE TURN ACCOMODATING MEANS.

Claim 3

A METHOD OF COMPACTING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL COILS CARRIED BY A DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE STATOR CORE, WITH THE STATOR CORE BEING FORMED OF FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL HAVING A BORE AND A NUMBER OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED APART TEETH SECTIONS AROUND THE BORE TO PROVIDE A CORRESPONDING NUMBER OF OPEN-ENDED SLOTS EXTENDING AXIALLY BETWEEN A PAIR OF END FACES OF THE CORE, AND WITH EACH COIL BEING DEFINED BY A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALLY MOVABLE TURNS OF INSULATED WIRE CONDUCTORS HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED APART SIDE PORTIONS ACCOMODATED IN A PRESELECTED PAIR OF SLOTS AND AN END PORTION PROJECTING AXIALLY BEYOND EACH CORE END FACE JOINING THE ASSOCIATED SIDE PORTIONS TOGETHER, THE METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: PLACING DIAMAGNETIC MATERIAL INTO THE BORE OF THE CORE, WITH SAID MATERIAL EXTENDING ENTIRELY THROUGH THE CORE AND RADIALLY BENEATH THE COIL END PORTIONS AND WITH ELECTRICAL INSULATION DISPOSED BETWEEN THE CORE AND SAID DIAMAGNETIC MATERIAL; APPLYING A FIRST SURGE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY OF A PREDETERMINED MAGNITUDE CONCURRENTLY TO SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE COIL TURNS TO ESTABLISH A MAGNETIC FIELD INITIALLY ACROSS COIL ACCOMODATING SLOTS AND ADJACENT TEETH SECTIONS THERETO, A MAGNETIC FIELD AT THE COIL END TURNS, AND TRANSIENT EDDY CURRENTS IN SAID DIAMAGNETIC MATERIAL TO INTENSIFY THE DENSITY OF THE MAGNETIC FIELDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE COIL TURNS, WITH THE INTERACTION OF THE MAGNETIC FIELDS AND OF THE DIAMAGNETIC MATERIAL EFFECTING TRANSFER OF THE TURNS TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF THE SLOTS AND AWAY FROM THE DIAMAGNETIC MATERIAL; AND APPLYING AT LEAST A SECOND SURGE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY OF GREATER MAGNITUDE THAN THE FIRST SURGE BUT BELOW THE INTENSITY AT WHICH THE INSULATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL CONDUCTORS IS DELETERIOUSLY AFFECTED, WITH THE ENERGY PRODUCING AN INTERACTION BETWEEN THE COIL TURNS AND THE DIAMAGNETIC MATERIAL TO EFFECT FURTHER MOVEMENT OF THE COIL SIDE PORTIONS TOWARD THE BOTTOM WALLS OF THE SLOTS AND OF THE END PORTIONS RADIALLY BEYOND THE BOTTOM WALLS OF THE SLOTS AND AXIALLY TOWARD THEIR ASSOCIATED END FACES OF THE CORE.

Claim 4

A METHOD OF COMPACTING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL COILS CARRIED BY A DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE STATOR CORE, WITH THE STATOR CORE BEING FORMED OF FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL HAVING A BORE AND A NUMBER OF CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED APART TEETH SECTIONS AROUND THE BORE TO PROVIDE A CORRESPONDING NUMBER OF OPEN-ENDED SLOTS EXTENDING AXIALLY BETWEEN A PAIR OF END FACES OF THE CORE, AND WITH EACH COIL BEING DEFINED BY A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALLY MOVABLE TURNS OF INSULATED WIRE CONDUCTORS HAVING A PAIR OF SPACED APART SIDE PORTIONS ACCOMODATED IN A PRESELECTED PAIR OF SLOTS AND AN END PORTION PROJECTING AXIALLY BEYOND EACH CORE END FACE JOINING THE ASSOCIATED SIDE PORTIONS TOGETHER, THE METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF: PLACING DIAMAGNETIC MATERIAL INTO THE BORE OF THE CORE, WITH SAID MATERIAL EXTENDING ENTIRELY THROUGH THE CORE AND RADIALLY BENEATH THE COIL END PORTIONS AND WITH ELECTRICAL INSULATION DISPOSED BETWEEN THE CORE AND SAID DIAMAGNETIC MATERIAL; APPLYING A FIRST SURGE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY OF A PREDETERMINED MAGNITUDE CONCURRENTLY TO SUBSTANTIALLY ALL OF THE COIL TURNS TO ESTABLISH A MAGNETIC FIELD INITIALLY ACROSS COIL ACCOMODATING SLOTS AND ADJACENT TEETH SECTIONS THERETO, A MAGNETIC FIELD AT THE COIL END TURNS, AND TRANSIENT EDDY CURRENTS IN SAID DIAMAGNETIC MATERIAL TO INTENSIFY THE DENSITY OF THE MAGNETIC FIELDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE COIL TURNS, WITH THE INTERACTION OF THE MAGNETIC FIELDS AND OF THE DIAMAGNETIC MATERIAL EFFECTING TRANSFER OF THE TURNS TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF THE SLOTS AND AWAY FROM THE DIAMAGNETIC MATERIAL; AND APPLYING AT LEAST A SECOND SURGE OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY OF GREATER MAGNITUDE THAN THE FIRST SURGE BUT BELOW THE INTENSITY AT WHICH THE INSULATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL CONDUCTORS IS DELETERIOUSLY AFFECTED, WITH THE ENERGY PRODUCING AN INTERACTION BETWEEN THE COIL TURNS AND THE DIAMAGNETIC MATERIAL TO EFFECT FURTHER MOVEMENT OF THE COIL SIDE PORTIONS TOWARD THE BOTTOM WALLS OF THE SLOTS AND OF THE END PORTIONS RADIALLY BEYOND THE BOTTOM WALLS OF THE SLOTS AND AXIALLY TOWARD THEIR ASSOCIATED END FACES OF THE CORE.