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US 11,491,662 B2Granted
Flexible robot door hinge installation system
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsDooil Hwang, Frederick G. Landry, Jr.
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Abstract
An automobile vehicle flexible robot door hinge installation system includes a hinge servo-linear positioning device. The hinge servo-linear positioning device includes at least one servo-motor and at least one hinge effector releasably holding and positioning a vehicle door hinge. A fastener servo-linear installation device is also provided.
Claims18
An automobile vehicle flexible robot door hinge installation system, comprising:
- a hinge servo-linear positioning device including:
- at least one servo-motor;
- and
- at least one hinge effector releasably holding and positioning at least one door hinge;
- and
- a fastener servo-linear installation device,
- wherein the at least one door hinge includes a first hinge and a second hinge, and wherein the at least one hinge effector includes a first hinge effector releasably holding the first hinge and a second hinge effector releasably holding the second hinge, and
- wherein the first hinge and the second hinge are positioned using a virtual door line saved in a memory of an operating system, and wherein predetermined positions of a first fastener aperture and a second fastener aperture of the first hinge and of a third fastener aperture and a fourth fastener aperture of the second hinge together with a hinge spacing dimension position the first hinge and the second hinge within nominal hinge location positions of a vehicle door frame.
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An automobile vehicle flexible robot door hinge installation system, comprising:
- a hinge servo-linear positioning device including:
- a first servo-motor and a second servo-motor;
- a first hinge effector releasably holding and positioning a first vehicle door hinge connected to the first servo-motor;
- and
- a second hinge effector releasably holding and positioning a second vehicle door hinge connected to the second servo-motor;
- a fastener servo-linear installation device including:
- a third servo-motor and a fourth servo-motor;
- a first fastener effector with the third servo-motor directing motion of the first fastener effector in opposed vertical directions;
- and
- a second fastener effector with the fourth servo-motor directing motion of the second fastener effector in opposed vertical directions.
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A method to operate an automobile vehicle hinge setting and installation system, comprising:
- providing the automobile vehicle hinge setting and installation system, comprising:
- a hinge servo-linear positioning device including:
- a first servo-motor and a second servo-motor;
- a first hinge effector releasably holding and positioning a first vehicle door hinge connected to the first servo-motor;
- and
- a second hinge effector releasably holding and positioning a second vehicle door hinge connected to the second servo-motor;
- a fastener servo-linear installation device including:
- a third servo-motor and a fourth servo-motor;
- a first fastener effector with the third servo-motor directing motion of the first fastener effector in opposed vertical directions;
- and
- a second fastener effector with the fourth servo-motor directing motion of the second fastener effector in opposed vertical directions;
- reading a hinge target set value;
- introducing a body reference point to locate a hinge assembly;
- identifying if a manual forced hinge set position indicates the hinge assembly may be automatically installed within predetermined offset values;
- entering the offset values defining modified values for a first range of opposed vertical offset dimensions, a second range of opposed vertical offset dimensions and a range of rotation in real-time;
- comparing the offset values to triggering threshold values;
- if the offset values are greater than the triggering threshold values, the hinge assembly and the hinge servo-linear positioning device controlling a position of the hinge assembly are displaced by the offset values;
- and
- aligning the hinge assembly to a vehicle body.
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