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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen St Angelo, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
George C Carver, Albany, GA (US);
David W Patterson, Duluth, GA (US);
Owen K Fremont, Rochester, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P / ; B23Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29701 ; 29450 ; 29451 ; 29235 ; 198617 ; 4147 / ; 414786 ; 901 36 ; 901 37 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides for an apparatus and method for installing weather stripping in a body door opening. In its preferred embodiment the present invention provides a robot which can load itself from a weather stripping station, transfer the weather stripping to the body door opening, and install the weather stripping within the body door opening. The present invention also provides an end of arm tooling device for a robot above-described.