System for handling components having similar shapes by using two gripper jaws coupled to a common displacement drive

US8061748B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ThyssenKrupp Drauz Nothelfer GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Tino Kipping · Lebach, DE
• Josef Kipping · Lebach, DE
• Ulrich Knapp · Eggenstein, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 10, 2006
• Grant date: Nov 22, 2011
• Expiry date: Oct 6, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B62D65/06
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A handling for components having a similar shape, particularly motor vehicle body parts, wherein a gripper on an arm of a robot can grip the component and its similarly-shaped other components with one and the same clamp device without re-tooling, is equipped with two gripper chucks on each clamp device. However, only one gripper chuck can be steered into the grab positions in each case, while the other gripper chuck is then located in the parking position outside a grab area on the component.