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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.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2021
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/1687 (2013.01); B25J 13/085 (2013.01); B25J 13/088 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fitting method includes (a) detecting a first position as a position where fitting of a first object and a second object is determined, (b) moving the first object from the first position toward a determination direction different from a fitting direction and detecting a second position as a position where magnitude of a force applied to the first object reaches a predetermined reference value, and (c) determining that a fitting condition of the first object and the second object is good when a predetermined determination condition including a condition that the second position is within an acceptable position range set according to the first position is satisfied.