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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:
Jan. 23, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3185681 ; 318567 ; 36447434 ; 364513 ; 414591 ; 414676 ; 269 20 ; 269 56 ; 269309 ; 29563 ; 1984651 ; 198345 ;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for positioning a workpiece to a pallet on a working line. The line transports plural kinds of workpieces. Plural positioning pins are provided at various locations on each pallet to enable all the plural kinds of the workpieces to be carried by the pallets. Each positioning pin has a set position and a reset position. All positioning pins are first reset to the reset position. Thereafter, a selected positioning pin is set to the set position to accommodate a particular kind of workpiece. The positioning of the workpiece is accomplished by fitting a positioning hole defined by the selected workpiece onto the selected positioning pin.