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Patent No.:

US 10414050 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 09, 2018

Automated assembly method using automated assembly apparatus

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Yuki Hashimoto, Tokyo, JP;

Kensuke Uehara, Atsugi, JP;

Assignee:

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Venable LLP

Primary Examiner:

Jermie E Cozart

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B23P 19/04 (2006.01); B23P 19/10 (2006.01); B23P 21/00 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01); B25J 9/04 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 9/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1687 (2013.01); B23P 19/04 (2013.01); B23P 19/105 (2013.01); B23P 21/00 (2013.01); B25J 11/005 (2013.01); B25J 11/008 (2013.01); G05B 19/41815 (2013.01); B23P 21/004 (2013.01); B23P 21/008 (2013.01); B25J 9/04 (2013.01); B25J 9/123 (2013.01); B25J 9/1612 (2013.01); B25J 9/1617 (2013.01); B25J 9/1676 (2013.01); B25J 13/086 (2013.01); B25J 13/089 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31078 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31079 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31081 (2013.01); Y02P 90/08 (2015.11); Y02P 90/083 (2015.11); Y10T 29/49902 (2015.01);
Abstract

An automated assembly apparatus includes an assembly robot, which has a plurality of hands of different heights and an XY-axis moving unit movable in a horizontal direction, and a plurality of operation base units which have operation bases and Z-axis moving unit capable of moving the operation bases in a vertical direction. The automated assembly apparatus further includes a control unit which raises in advance, before the assembly robot reaches above the operation bases, the operation bases by the Z-axis moving unit to positions where the operation bases do not interfere with the plurality of hands.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hashimoto, Yuki. (2019). Automated assembly method using automated assembly apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 10414050). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10414050

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