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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2021
Kuka Systems North America Llc, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Timothy James Marx, Macomb, MI (US);
Thomas William French, Petersburg, MI (US);
Aaron K. Kinsella, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Thomas Jon Nieman, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Scott McIsaac, Waterford, MI (US);
Craig Richard Nilson, Macomb, MI (US);
Kenneth Michael Boulan, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Jason Edmunn Messner, Allenton, MI (US);
KUKA Systems North America LLC, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for automatically handling components to be assembled onto a product on an assembly line includes a carriage that is movable to and between a first, retracted position spaced from the assembly line, and a second position displaced from the retracted position in a direction toward the assembly line. A manipulator on the carriage supports a component mounting tool configured to receive and support at least one component for assembly to the product. The manipulator may be arranged in a first orientation when the carriage is in the first position, and may be pivoted to a second orientation when the carriage is in the second position, such that a component on the component mounting tool is supported in a pose for processing when the carriage is in the first position, and is supported in a pose for joining to the product when the carriage is in the second position.