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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Kuka Systems Gmbh, Augsburg, DE;
Inventors:
Per-Olaf Brockhoff, Friedberg, DE;
Marius Jakob, Augsburg, DE;
Assignee:
KUKA SYSTEMS GMBH, Augsburg, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 65/00 (2006.01); B62D 65/02 (2006.01); B62D 65/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 65/026 (2013.01); B62D 65/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus () and a method, for interchanging clamping frames (-) at an assembly station () for vehicle body parts, includes a storage device () for the clamping frames (-). The storage device () is provided with a plurality of controlled, rotatable frame magazines (-) and a frame conveyor () and an additional parallel frame transporter () which allow the clamping frames (-) to be conveyed in parallel between the frame magazines (-) and a workplace () in the assembly station (). The clamping frames (-) are securely accommodated on the frame magazines (-).