Robot for clamping onto upright frame members

US9610693B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Branko Sarh · Hamburg, DE
• Harinder S. Oberoi · Snohomish, US
• Rodney S. Wright · Tecate Mission Road, US
• Charles Y. Hu · Newcastle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 2, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 4, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 22, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/53991
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A system includes a frame having spaced apart first and second upright members, and a robot including an end effector and a plurality of arms. The arms extend from the end effector and clamp onto the first and second frame members to position the end effector between the first and second frame members.