Method and system for installing wiring harness into vehicle
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJon Arthur Zimmerman, Kurt Michael Lundeen, Zachary James Kadykowski, Olaf Salomao Erdmann, John Randolf Vincent, Derrick Miller, Andrei Negrus
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Abstract
A method for installing a wiring harness into a vehicle including coupling at least one module and the wiring harness to a fixture to form a structure, moving the structure to the vehicle, decoupling the module and the wiring harness from the fixture, coupling the module and the wiring harness to the vehicle, and removing the fixture from the vehicle.
Claims20
A method for installing a wiring harness into a vehicle, the method comprising:
- coupling at least one module and the wiring harness to a fixture to form a structure;
- moving the structure to the vehicle;
- decoupling the at least one module and the wiring harness from the fixture;
- coupling the at least one module and the wiring harness to the vehicle;
- and
- removing the fixture from the vehicle.
A method for installing a wiring harness into a vehicle, the method comprising:
- coupling a plurality of modules and the wiring harness to a fixture to form a rigid structure;
- moving the rigid structure to the vehicle;
- decoupling the plurality of modules and the wiring harness from the fixture;
- coupling the plurality of modules and the wiring harness to the vehicle;
- and
- removing the fixture from the vehicle,
- wherein coupling the plurality of modules and the wiring harness to the vehicle includes coupling the plurality of modules and a first portion of the wiring harness to a first location of the vehicle and coupling a second portion of the wiring harness to a second location of the vehicle.
A system for installing a wiring harness into a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a fixture including at least one module coupled thereto;
- at least one robot;
- and
- a controller in communication with the at least one robot, the controller configured to:
- instruct the at least one robot to couple the wiring harness to the fixture including the at least one module to form a structure;
- instruct the at least one robot to move the structure to the vehicle;
- instruct the at least one robot to decouple the at least one module and the wiring harness from the fixture;
- instruct the at least one robot to couple the at least one module and the wiring harness to the vehicle;
- and
- instruct the at least one robot to move the fixture from the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.