System and method for assembling vehicle component to vehicle body
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJon Arthur Zimmerman, Kurt Michael Lundeen, Jacqueline Kotenko
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Abstract
A system for assembling a vehicle component to a vehicle body includes at least one robot and a controller. The controller is in communication with the robot. The controller configured to instruct the robot to guide a first portion of a seat belt through an opening in a first component of the vehicle component, instruct the robot to couple the first component to the vehicle body, instruct the robot to insert a second portion of the seat belt into a slit in a second component of the vehicle component, and instruct the robot to couple the second component to the vehicle body.
Claims20
A system for assembling a vehicle component to a vehicle body having a seat belt, the system comprising:
- 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 guide a first portion of the seat belt through an opening in a first component of the vehicle component;
- instruct the at least one robot to couple the first component to the vehicle body;
- instruct the at least one robot to move a second component in a predetermined pattern to guide a second portion of the seat belt into a slit in the second component of the vehicle component;
- and
- instruct the at least one robot to couple the second component to the vehicle body.
A system for assembling a vehicle component to a vehicle body having a seat belt, the system comprising:
- a first robot and a second robot;
- and
- a controller in communication with the first robot and the second robot, the controller configured to:
- instruct the first robot to pick-up a first component of the vehicle component;
- instruct the second robot to guide a first portion of the seat belt through an opening in the first component;
- instruct the first robot to couple the first component to the vehicle body;
- instruct the first robot to pick-up a second component of the vehicle component;
- instruct the first robot to move the second component in a predetermined pattern to guide a second portion of the seat belt into a slit in the second component of the vehicle component;
- and
- instruct the first robot to couple the second component to the vehicle body.
A method for assembling a vehicle component to a vehicle body having a seat belt, the method comprising:
- guiding a first portion of the seat belt through an opening in a first component of the vehicle component;
- coupling the first component to the vehicle body;
- inserting a second portion of the seat belt into a slit in a second component of the vehicle component;
- and
- coupling the second component to the vehicle body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.