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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2022
Applicant:

The Reinalt-thomas Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Bradley Vargo, White Lake, MI (US);

Keegan Elliott, Marshall, MI (US);

Nathan Butler, Westland, MI (US);

William Mapes, Grosse Ille Township, MI (US);

Victor Darolfi, Canton, MI (US);

Scott Coburn, Howell, MI (US);

Riyadir Alalami, Novi, MI (US);

Assignee:

THE REINALT-THOMAS CORPORATION, Scottsdale, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B21D 39/00 (2006.01); B23P 6/00 (2006.01); B23P 19/04 (2006.01); B23P 19/06 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B60B 29/00 (2006.01); B60C 25/05 (2006.01); B23P 21/00 (2006.01); B60S 5/00 (2006.01); B66F 7/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60B 29/001 (2013.01); B21D 39/00 (2013.01); B23P 6/00 (2013.01); B23P 19/04 (2013.01); B23P 19/06 (2013.01); B25J 9/1656 (2013.01); B25J 9/1679 (2013.01); B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 11/005 (2013.01); B25J 11/008 (2013.01); B60B 29/00 (2013.01); B60C 25/0515 (2013.01); B23P 19/069 (2013.01); B23P 21/002 (2013.01); B23P 2700/50 (2013.01); B25J 9/1661 (2013.01); B25J 9/1674 (2013.01); B60B 2320/00 (2013.01); B60B 2320/10 (2013.01); B60B 2340/18 (2013.01); B60B 2340/34 (2013.01); B60B 2340/50 (2013.01); B60B 2340/52 (2013.01); B60S 5/00 (2013.01); B66F 7/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

Vehicle dimension data describing dimensions of a vehicle are obtained, a robotic apparatus is moved to a position about the vehicle, a reference point of the vehicle is determined, and the robotic apparatus is caused to move to positions about the vehicle based on the reference point. The reference point is a center point of a selected wheel of the vehicle. A coordinate system of the robotic apparatus is aligned to the reference point of the selected wheel of the vehicle. Based on the aligned coordinate system of the robotic apparatus, operations are performed by the robotic apparatus to remove lug nuts from a wheel hub of the vehicle.


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