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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:
Nov. 02, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Giancarlo Alborante, Trofarello, IT;
Assignee:
Comau S.p.A., Turin, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
219 8641 ;
Abstract
A station for assembling pressed sheet-metal structures, for example, motor-vehicle bodies, includes fixtures for locating and clamping the various components of the structure in the assembled condition and programmable robots with electrical spot-welding heads. One or more robots have means for replacing their welding heads with sensors for checking the positioning and/or configuration of the locating and clamping fixtures to ensure the quality of the product output from the station.