Automatic stem assembly station
OwnerRichard Standon, Todd Allen Campbell +5inventors
InventorsRichard Standon, Todd Allen Campbell, Ghanem Jandali, Marcel Tschöpe, Jens Ehlers, Marco Heiling, Torsten Baumach
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Abstract
A stem assembly system for a wheel may include a first robot configured to grip a wheel, at least one nest configured to maintain a stem for a wheel, a controller configured to instruct the robot to grip the wheel and move the wheel over the stem and apply the wheel to the stem to install the stem into a stem hole defined on the wheel, wherein the stem remains fixed on the nest during installation and the robot moves the wheel relative to the stem.
Claims20
A stem assembly system for a wheel, comprising:
- a first robot configured to grip a wheel;
- at least one nest configured to maintain a stem for a wheel;
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- a controller configured to instruct the robot to grip the wheel and move the wheel over the stem and apply the wheel to the stem to install the stem into a stem hole defined on the wheel, wherein the stem remains fixed on the nest during installation and the robot moves the wheel relative to the stem.
A stem assembly system for a wheel, comprising:
- a nest configured to maintain a stem for a wheel;
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- a robot configured to grip a wheel and move the wheel over the stem and apply the wheel to the stem to install the stem into a stem hole defined on the wheel, wherein the stem remains fixed on the nest during installation and the robot moves the wheel relative to the stem.
A nest assembly for a stem assembly system for a wheel assembly, comprising:
- a first portion supporting a stem support, the stem support configured to maintain a stem for installation on a wheel;
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- a base portion attached to the first portion and a support rod extending through the first portion and the base portion to maintain the base portion and the first portion longitudinally, wherein the first portion and second portion are laterally movable with respect to one another in response to force received at the stem support from the wheel during installation, and wherein the first portion is laterally moveable with respect to the base portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.