Automatic wheel attachment apparatus

Details Automatic wheel attachment apparatus Automatic wheel attachment apparatus

1987-05-22

1989-06-27

Eley, Timothy V.

Metal working

Means to assemble or disassemble

Means to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural...

29273, 29786, 29794, 29823, 81 5722, 414427, 414428, 414713, 901 7, B23P 2100

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ABSTRACT:
An automatic wheel attachment apparatus for attaching a wheel to a wheel attachment member of an automotive body. The automatic wheel attachment apparatus includes a reorienting device for reorienting a wheel attachment surface of the wheel attachment member, a phasing device for phasing wheel attachment bolts on the wheel attachment member, the phasing device being movable longitudinally and vertically of the automotive body to bring the wheel attachment member and the phasing device into central alignment with each other, a detecting device for detecting the amount and direction of movement of the phasing device, and a nut runner for fastening the wheel to the wheel attachment member while the center of the wheel attachment member as detected by the detecting device is being held in alignment with the center of the wheel. At least the reorienting device, the phasing device, and the detecting device are combined in a single robot. The automatic wheel attachment apparatus also includes a wheel gripping device for gripping the wheel with at least three gripping fingers under equal forces, and a wheel positioning device for positioning the wheel before it is brought into a wheel attachment position.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3848488 (1974-11-01), Weisenburger
patent: 4109387 (1978-08-01), Matsuoka et al.
patent: 4635339 (1987-01-01), Koslowski et al.

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