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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2012
Applicants:
Lawrence J. Lawson, Troy, MI (US);
Robert Reece, Clarkston, MI (US);
Lawrence L. Reece, Warren, MI (US);
Richard J. Standen, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Inventors:
Lawrence J. Lawson, Troy, MI (US);
Robert Reece, Clarkston, MI (US);
Lawrence L. Reece, Warren, MI (US);
Richard J. Standen, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Assignee:
Android Industries LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60C 25/02 (2006.01); B66C 1/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus for assembling a tire and a wheel is disclosed. The apparatus includes a single-cell workstation including a device that retains a wheel, and a plurality of sub-stations. The device moves the wheel to each of the plurality of sub-stations, without releasing the wheel, to assemble a tire-wheel assembly. A method is also disclosed.