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Device and method for automatically connecting two workpieces

US8776354B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Duerr Assembly Products GmbH · DE

Inventors

Armin Herrmann · Riegelsberg, DE
Brian Berry · Riegelsberg, DE
Christian Brach · Rambouillet, FR
Sacha Arend · Dalem, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 7, 2010
Grant date	Jul 15, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 17, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/53478
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device and a method for automatically connecting two workpieces via fasteners has a magazine for receiving the fasteners. A fastener nest is provided whose lower side can be coupled to the upper side of the magazine, the fastener nest including openings for inserting the fasteners and the openings being blockable and unblockable at their lower ends.

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