Robotic weight machine

US11426787B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Wheel and Tire, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Harsh Suresh SHAH · Royal Oak, US
• Netresh U. REGE · Bloomfield, US
• Erik Lance Kirk McCLAIN · Livonia, US
• Mohamad Dib Kassem HASSAN · Dearborn Heights, US
• Todd Allen CAMPBELL · LaSalle, US
• Keith Martin SMILEY · Lake Orion, US
• Kevin Douglass SMILEY · Oxford, US
• Daniel Jonathan EHLKE · Detroit, US
• Joseph A. Lopetrone · Sterling Heights, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 30, 2019
• Grant date: Aug 30, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 18, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16F2224/02
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A robotic press assembly configured to apply force to a wheel, may include a selectively moveable arm that is operatively connected to a body portion at a first end thereof; and a press tool operatively connected to a second end of the moveable arm; wherein the press tool includes at least one mounting bracket maintaining a press tool thereon, the mounting bracket arranged on a platform, and a base operatively connected to the second end of the arm, the platform being slidably fixed to the base in order to adjust the lateral displacement of the press tool, and wherein the press tool is configured to apply force at the wheel.