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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7475843 | Winding jig, polygonal coil, and method of manufacturing polygonal coil A polygonal coil having a substantially square shape is manufactured by winding a conductive wire in the diameter direction of the core on the core in an overlapping manner by the use of a winding jig in which a first collar portion and a second collar portion are d... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7340825 | Method of making a transformer A transformer and method of making includes first half primary and secondary windings as metallic circuits that are etched on a metallic cladding of a first liquid crystal polymer (LCP) sheet. Secondary windings are positioned in spaced relation to the primary windi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7269890 | Slotless rotary electric machine and manufacturing method of coils for such a machine In a slotless permanent magnet rotary electric machinery, comprising a substantially cylindrical rotor (53) incorporated with a permanent magnet (52), a stator iron core (54) surrounding the rotor; and a coil (55) provided between the rot... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7082674 | Method for winding a single coil of a coil unit for a linear motor A rectangular single coil of a coil unit for a linear motor is fabracated by winding a single conductive wire. A winding former having locks for a conductive wire at positions corresponding to vertices of the rectangular single coil is rotated by 180 degrees about a... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6926145 | Electric light strands utility holder This disclosure describes an electric light strand mounting device for simplifying the installation and removal of light strands from, for example, a holiday tree. The device consists of a light strand receiver and an associated base that rests on a floor or horizon... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6644584 | Single coil of coil unit for linear motor, method and device for winding and forming the same, and method for forming and fabricating coil unit A rectangular single coil of a coil unit for a linear motor is fabracated by winding a single conductive wire. A winding former having locks for a conductive wire at positions corresponding to vertices of the rectangular single coil is rotated by 180 degr... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6536701 | Apparatus and method for winding electrical coils A coil former allows transposition between layers of turns in a coil to be accomplished without damage. The transpositions can be made in a short side of the coil. The former has finned portions which guide the wire into the correct locations during windi... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6371404 | Interlocking bobbin halves A bobbin for an electrical coil having a width that is small with respect to its depth. The bobbin is constructed from two identical halves, each having one generally flat flange and a web portion defining a latching feature, a locking feature and a core ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 5421930 | Optical fiber routing method and apparatus A winding tool (14) is provided on a manipulator (18) of a type used to route the optical fiber. A hook (22) extends from the winding tool to capture optical fiber (10) extending from a device (11), and the hook is retracted to secure the fiber. A routing... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5316226 | Apparatus for winding a film condensor element material An winding apparatus, particularly for winding a film condensor element material. The apparatus includes a plate jig having a winding axis, with the plate jig rotating as a pressing roller presses the film onto the plate jig. The pressing roller is mounte... | 05/31/1994 |
| 4856721 | Winding device Winding device characterized in that it enables to fabricate coils of which the supports or formers are substantially deprived of rigidity. The device comprises an element (1) for fixing the non-rigid support (2) during the whole winding operation. In ord... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4848685 | Automatic apparatus for shaping windings for coils particularly suitable to dipole or quadrupole magnets An apparatus is described for substantially automatically shaping the windings of coils in which the conductor is mainly directed longitudinally, parallel to the coil axis, with ends having different radius size, in any case relatively narrow, as it happe... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4621418 | Coil winding apparatus A coil winding machine comprising a spindle adapted to be driven in rotational motion and to have one or more coil wound thereupon, wire supply apparatus for supplying wire to the spindle for producing the wound coil, insulative sleeve release apparatus f... | 11/11/1986 |
| 4548661 | Method for assembling a multiconductor flat cable A multiconductor flat cable incorporates an approximately right angle turn in its conductor runs. The right angle turn is provided by first securing the conductor runs in a desired spacing through a first lamination of insulation cover and base sheets whi... | 10/22/1985 |
| 4511094 | Winding apparatus A winding machine for manufacturing transformer cores includes a ribbon-dispensing assembly which travels in a predetermined path about a stationary mandrel to deposit successive layers of ribbon upon the mandrel under controlled tension while applying tr... | 04/16/1985 |
| 4381852 | Automatic tensioning control for winding stator coils An automatic tensioning control for winding stator coils characterized by a looper for winding lengths of wire into loops for stator coils, a reel of wire for paying off wire to the looper under controlled conditions, and tension sensing means between the... | 05/03/1983 |
