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US 2019/0291224 A1Published application
Workpiece alignment system having pressure sensors for assessing alignment of a workpiece with a fixture
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorsHossein Jacob Sadri, Stephen Juszczyk, Geoffrey John Cooper
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed toward a workpiece alignment system that includes a fixture configured to receive a workpiece, and multiple sensors disposed at different locations along the fixture. Each of the sensors is configured to detect a force applied to the sensor and to output a signal indicative of the force applied. Based on the signal, the system determined whether a workpiece is aligned on the fixture.
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A workpiece alignment system comprising:
- a fixture configured to receive a workpiece;
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- a plurality of sensors disposed at different locations along the fixture, wherein each of the sensors is configured to detect a force applied to the sensor and to output a signal indicative of the force applied.
A workpiece alignment system comprising:
- a fixture configured to receive a workpiece and having a body and a plurality of alignment blocks arranged at different locations of the body;
- a plurality of pressure sensors disposed at the plurality of alignment blocks, wherein each of the pressure sensors is configured to detect a force applied by the workpiece and to generate a response signal indicative of the force applied;
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- a controller communicably coupled to the plurality of sensors to receive the response signal, wherein for each of the plurality of sensors, the controller is configured to determine that the workpiece is aligned with the sensor in response to the force applied exceeding a predetermined threshold, and the controller is configured to determine whether the workpiece is aligned on the fixture based on a number of sensors aligned with the workpiece.
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A workpiece alignment system comprising:
- a fixture having a body and multiple blocks arranged at different locations of the body;
- multiple pressure sensors disposed at the multiple blocks and operable to generate a response signal indicative of a force applied to the sensor;
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- a controller configured to receive the response signals from the sensors and to determine whether the workpiece is aligned on the fixture based on the response signals from the sensors.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.