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Patent No.:

US 12703155 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 05, 2024

Method of setting up a joining device, method of joining a cover lens to a housing of a motor vehicle lighting device and system

Applicants:

Hella Gmbh & Co. Kgaa, Lippstadt, DE;

Hella Saturnus Slovenija D.o.o., Ljubljana, SI;

Hella Autotechnik Nova S.r.o., Mohelnice, CZ;

Inventors:

Ingo Engler, Soest, DE;

Miguel Lebrato-Rastrojo, Paderborn, DE;

Thomas Herbers, Lippstadt, DE;

Andreas Schmitz, Erwitte, DE;

Primoz Petac, Kamnik, SI;

Tadej Vovk, Ljubljana, SI;

Jure Habjan, Domzale, SI;

Klemen Skapin, Vodice, SI;

Tomas Kubat, Koprivnice, CZ;

Jane Frantisek, Mohelnice, CZ;

David Nejezchleba, Úsov, CZ;

Rainer Brys, Lippstadt, DE;

Alfredo Verdin Moreno, San Mateo Tecoloapan, MX;

Thomas Albert Roebbecke, Erwitte, DE;

Ludger-Josef Gruene, Hoexter, DE;

Assignees:

Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt, DE;

Hella Saturnus Solvenija D.O.O, Ljubijana, SI;

Hella Autotechnik Nova S.R.O., Mohelnice, CZ;

Attorney:

Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Christopher W Raimund

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B29C 65/56 (2006.01); B29C 65/78 (2006.01); B29L 11/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01); F21S 41/29 (2018.01); F21S 43/27 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 66/95 (2013.01); B29C 65/48 (2013.01); B29C 65/562 (2013.01); B29C 65/7817 (2013.01); B29C 65/7847 (2013.01); B29L 2011/0016 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3055 (2013.01); F21S 41/29 (2018.01); F21S 43/27 (2018.01);
Abstract

A method of setting up a joining device for joining a cover lens to a housing of a vehicle lighting device. The joining device features a mounting fixture and a robot with a suction head, The method features at least the following steps: inserting a housing into the mounting fixture and a cover lens into the suction head; transferring the suction head to an initial joining pose; joining the cover lens to the housing with the suction head in the initial joining pose; measuring the pose of the cover lens relative to a reference-point system, which comprises reference points on the surface of the housing and/or the cover lens; determining a set of translations and/or rotations, which transfer the cover lens to an optimal pose with minimal deviations from a target pose; and correcting the initial joining pose of the suction head with the determined set of translations and/or rotations.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Engler, Ingo. (2026). Method of setting up a joining device, method of joining a cover lens to a housing of a motor vehicle lighting device and system (U.S. Patent No. 12703155). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12703155

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