(19)
(11) EP 0 357 237 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
01.08.1990 Bulletin 1990/31

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.03.1990 Bulletin 1990/10

(21) Application number: 89307886.5

(22) Date of filing: 03.08.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5H01F 5/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 02.09.1988 GB 8821632

(71) Applicant: EATON S.A.M.
MC-98000 Monaco (MC)

(72) Inventor:
  • Buffet, Eric
    Avenue des Papalins (MC)

(74) Representative: Douglas, John Andrew 
Eaton House Staines Road
Hounslow Middlesex TW4 5DX
Hounslow Middlesex TW4 5DX (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Coil former


    (57) In order to protect a coil wound with fine wire against the stresses of encapsulation as well as handling, the coil former has one end flange (4) carrying two terminals (3, 6), a peripheral groove (13) ending adjacent one terminal (6) and beginning adjacent the tangentially exiting wire (14, 17) from the coil. At the beginning of the groove is a notch (12) and a projection (12A) for winding the exiting wire around in a loop (18), whereby the wire substantially reverses direction. The flange also has a depression (9) allowing access by the second wire end to a second groove extending radially inwards from a peripheral point between the two terminals (3, 6).







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