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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:
Sep. 30, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 22, 2023
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Robert Schroeter, Livonia, MI (US);

Michael Oelscher, Bergheim, DE;

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 31/12 (2006.01); B23K 31/00 (2006.01); G01N 21/88 (2006.01); G01N 21/95 (2006.01); G01N 33/44 (2006.01); H02K 15/10 (2006.01); H02K 15/33 (2025.01); B23K 101/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 31/125 (2013.01); B23K 31/006 (2013.01); G01N 21/8851 (2013.01); G01N 33/442 (2013.01); H02K 15/105 (2013.01); H02K 15/33 (2025.01); B23K 2101/36 (2018.08); G01N 2021/8854 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes obtaining pre-weld image data of the electric motor stator from one or more image sensors; performing a welding process in response to obtaining the pre-weld image data, obtaining post-weld image data of the electric motor stator from the one or more image sensors in response to performing the welding process, obtaining epoxy image data of the electric motor stator from the one or more image sensors in response to obtaining the post-weld image data, performing a difference-based image processing routine based on the post-weld image data and the epoxy image data to generate a digital twin of the electric motor stator, and determining one or more epoxy characteristics of the electric motor stator based on the digital twin.


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