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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11850695 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 24, 2020

Robotic paint repair

Applicant:

3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);

Inventors:

Aaron K. Nienaber, Lake Elmo, MN (US);

Mark W. Orlando, Chesterfield Township, MI (US);

Nathan J. Herbst, Woodbury, MN (US);

Christie L. Vitale, Hudson, WI (US);

Marc Eberwein, Velbert, DE;

Brett R. Hemes, Woodbury, MN (US);

Jonathan B. Arthur, Hudson, WI (US);

Thomas J. Strey, River Falls, WI (US);

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);

Attorney:

Katherine M. Scholz

Primary Examiner:

Eileen P Morgan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 57/04 (2006.01); B24B 19/26 (2006.01); B24B 51/00 (2006.01); B25J 3/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); B24B 49/00 (2012.01); B24B 27/00 (2006.01); B05D 3/12 (2006.01); B05D 5/00 (2006.01); B24D 3/00 (2006.01); B24D 9/08 (2006.01); B24D 11/02 (2006.01); B24B 41/00 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B 27/0038 (2013.01); B05D 3/12 (2013.01); B05D 5/005 (2013.01); B24B 19/26 (2013.01); B24B 41/005 (2013.01); B24B 51/00 (2013.01); B24B 57/04 (2013.01); B24D 3/002 (2013.01); B24D 9/085 (2013.01); B24D 11/02 (2013.01); B25J 3/00 (2013.01); B25J 9/16 (2013.01); B25J 11/0065 (2013.01); B25J 13/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A disc changing system for a robotic defect repair system is presented. The system has a first abrasive disc and a second abrasive disc. The first and second abrasive discs are coupled to a liner. The system includes an abrasive disc placement device configured to automatically: remove the first abrasive disc from the liner, transport the first abrasive disc to a robotic tool of the robotic defect repair system, and place the first abrasive disc on a backup pad coupled to the robotic tool. The system also includes an abrasive disc remover configured to automatically remove the first abrasive disc after receiving a removal signal. The system also includes a controller configured to send an instruction to the disc placement device to remove, transport and place the first abrasive disc, instruct the robotic tool to conduct an abrasive operation. The controller is also configured to send the removal signal. The controller is a processor and the instructions are stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executed by the processor.

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