ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,512, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Method of inserting a hairpin" was invented by Seung Min Choi (Gunpo-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method can be used for molding a hairpin inserted into a stator core using a clamping unit that includes a connection bracket mounted on a front end of a robot arm and at least one clamper mounted on the connection bracket. The method includes reciprocally driving the clamping unit in opposite directions in a straight line, and press molding a head portion of the hairpin using a molding jig driven by the a...