Component assembly system

US11364623B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC · US

Inventors

• Miguel Arturo Saez · Clarkston, US
• John Patrick Spicer · Plymouth, US
• James W. Wells · Rochester Hills, US
• Jeffrey A. Abell · Rochester Hills, US
• Muhammad E. Abdallah · Houston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 15, 2019
• Grant date: Jun 21, 2022
• Expiry date: Apr 23, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B2219/39149
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A component assembly system comprises a first robot arm having a first end-of-arm tool mounted thereon and adapted to grasp a first subcomponent; a second robot arm having a second end of arm tool mounted thereon and adapted to grasp a second subcomponent. A system controller is adapted to control the first and second robot arms and first and second end-of-arm tools to position the first and second subcomponents relative to one another. A first interlocking mechanism is mounted onto the first end-of-arm tool and a second interlocking mechanism is mounted onto the second end-of-arm tool, wherein the first and second interlocking mechanisms engage one another and lock the first end-of-arm tool to the second end-of arm tool, thereby locking the first and second subcomponents into an initial position relative to one another.