Agile robotic headlamp assembly with sonic fastening and injected lens adhesive
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAlan George Dry, David A. Brown, Robert William Miller
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Abstract
A system and method for assembling a plurality of components into an assembly is provided. The system includes an assembling robot and an adhesive dispensing robot. The assembling robot is configured to attach a first sub-assembly to a second sub-assembly. The first sub-assembly includes at least one of the plurality of components, and the second sub-assembly includes remaining ones of the plurality of components. The adhesive dispensing robot is configured to apply an adhesive between the first sub-assembly and the second sub-assembly, after the first sub-assembly is attached to the second sub-assembly, to bond the first sub-assembly to the second sub-assembly.
Claims19
A system for assembling a plurality of components into an assembly, comprising:
- a first transfer robot for assembling some of the plurality of components into a first sub-assembly in a cell;
- a second transfer robot for assembling remaining ones of the plurality of components into a second sub-assembly in the cell when the first transfer robot assembled the some of the plurality of components into the first sub-assembly in the cell;
- an assembling robot for attaching the first sub-assembly to the second sub-assembly;
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- an adhesive dispensing robot configured to apply an adhesive between the first sub-assembly and the second sub-assembly in the cell, after the first sub-assembly is attached to the second sub-assembly, to bond the first sub-assembly to the second sub-assembly.
A method for assembling a plurality of components into an assembly, comprising:
- assembling some of the plurality of components into a first subassembly in a cell, and assembling remaining ones of the second sub-assembly into a second subassembly in the cell when the some of the plurality of components are assembled into the first subassembly;
- attaching, by an assembling robot, the first sub-assembly to the second sub-assembly in the cell;
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- applying, by an adhesive dispensing robot, an adhesive between the first sub-assembly and the second sub-assembly in the cell, after the first sub-assembly is attached to the second sub-assembly, to bond the first sub-assembly to the second sub-assembly.
A method for assembling a plurality of components into an assembly, comprising:
- preparing a first sub-assembly and a second sub-assembly, wherein the first sub-assembly includes at least one of the plurality of components, and the second sub-assembly includes remaining ones of the plurality of components;
- transferring the first sub-assembly by a first transfer robot to an installation table and transferring the second sub-assembly by a second transfer robot to the installation table;
- attaching, by an assembling robot, the first sub-assembly to the second sub-assembly;
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- applying, by an adhesive dispensing robot, an adhesive between the first sub-assembly and the second sub-assembly, after the first sub-assembly is attached to the second sub-assembly, to bond the first sub-assembly to the second sub-assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.