System and method for mounting a tire and a wheel
AssigneeAndroid Industries LLC
InventorsLawrence J. Lawson, Robert Reece, Joshua James Hicks
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Abstract
A system for mounting a tire and a wheel is disclosed. The system includes a robotic arm pivotably-connected to an end effector. The system also includes a tire-supporting portion including a support surface and a pair of wheel-engaging and tire-manipulating portions disposed upon the support surface. The pair of wheel-engaging and tire-manipulating portions includes a first wheel-engaging and tire-manipulating portion fixedly-disposed relative the support surface and a second wheel-engaging and tire-manipulating portion movably-disposed relative the support surface.
Claims19
A system for mounting a tire to a wheel for forming a tire-wheel assembly, comprising:
- a tire-supporting portion including
- a support surface,
- a pair of wheel-engaging and tire-manipulating portions disposed upon the support surface, wherein the pair of wheel-engaging and tire-manipulating portions includes
- a first wheel-engaging and tire-manipulating portion arranged upon the support surface, and
- a second wheel-engaging and tire-manipulating portion arranged upon the support surface.
A method for mounting a tire to a wheel for forming a tire-wheel assembly, comprising the steps of:
- utilizing a pair of wheel-engaging and tire-manipulating portions disposed upon a support surface of a tire-supporting portion for
- engaging a portion of a circumference of the wheel, and
- engaging and manipulating an axial end surface/sidewall of the tire;
- and
- utilizing a device that is spatially movable relative the tire supporting for
- moving the wheel and tire relative the pair of wheel-engaging and tire-manipulating portions wherein the wheel drags the tire against the wheel-engaging member thereby mounting the tire to the wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.