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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
May. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Norbert Hornbostel, Talheim, DE;
Frank Wrede, Oedheim, DE;
Assignee:
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 19/08 (2006.01); B23P 19/04 (2006.01); B65G 47/91 (2006.01); H01M 10/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 19/04 (2013.01); B65G 47/91 (2013.01); H01M 10/0404 (2013.01);
Abstract
A process arrangement for carrying out a fully automatic setting process, in which a setting device drives a clip element into a component pilot hole. The process arrangement has a transfer unit, in particular a robot, to which the setting device is attached, and the transfer unit is adjustable between a pickup position, in which the setting device grabs the clip element, and a setting position, in which the setting device drives the clip element into the component pilot hole.