Visual inspection method for verifying material presence
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorsMatthew P. Simonin, Robert N. Saje, Bhavesh Shah
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Abstract
A visual inspection method includes the following steps: (a) placing a material between a pair of parts, wherein at least one of the pair of parts defines at least one thru-hole sized to partly receive the material; (b) pressing the pair of parts together until the material is partly displaced into the thru-hole (or merely moving the pair of parts toward each other until the material is partly displaced into the thru-hole); and (c) visually inspecting the one thru-hole to verify that the material is partly disposed in the thru-hole after pressing the pair of parts together (or moving the pair of parts toward each other).
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A method, comprising:
- placing a material between a pair of parts, wherein at least one of the pair of parts defines at least one thru-hole sized to partly receive the material;
- moving the pair of parts toward each other until the material is at least partly displaced into the at least one thru-hole;
- and
- visually inspecting the at least one thru-hole to verify that the material is partly disposed in the thru-hole after pressing the pair of parts together.
A method for verifying a presence of a material between a pair of parts, comprising:
- moving the pair of parts toward each other until the material is at least partly displaced into at least one thru-hole, wherein the at least one thru-hole extends through one of the pair of parts;
- and
- visually inspecting the at least one thru-hole to verify that the material is partly disposed in the thru-hole after pressing the pair of parts together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.