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US 2012/0066884 A1Published application
Assembly facilitation apparatus and method
OwnerBernd P. Daeschnerinventor
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Abstract
An assembly apparatus including a bearing support mechanism configured to hold a bearing for assembly into a housing and a housing register mechanism operatively connected to the bearing support mechanism. The housing register mechanism receives and aligns a housing with a bearing on the bearing support mechanism when the housing is placed over the housing register mechanism.
Claims17
An assembly apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a bearing support mechanism configured to hold a bearing for assembly into a housing;
- a housing register mechanism operatively connected to the bearing support mechanism;
- and
- wherein the housing register mechanism receives and aligns the housing with respect to the bearing on the bearing support mechanism when the housing is placed over the housing register mechanism.
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An assembly apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a bearing support mechanism that receives a carrier bearing for assembly into a bearing housing;
- a housing register mechanism connected to the bearing support mechanism by an adjustable shaft, the housing register mechanism receives and aligns the bearing housing with respect to the carrier bearing when the bearing housing is lowered over the housing register mechanism;
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- a press mechanism for seating the carrier bearing in the bearing housing.
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A method of assembling a gearbox, the method comprising the steps of:
- placing a bearing on a bearing support mechanism;
- lowering a bearing housing over the bearing and bearing support mechanism and onto a housing register mechanism to align the bearing within the bearing housing;
- and
- seating the bearing within the bearing housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.