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US 9,944,135 B2Granted
Robotic indexing station
AssigneeAndroid Industries LLC
InventorLawrence J. Lawson
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Abstract
A single-cell workstation for processing a tire-wheel assembly including a tire and a wheel is disclosed. The single-cell workstation includes a mounting and indexing sub-station including a first plurality of tire engaging portions including one or more first tire-engaging surfaces, and a second plurality of tire engaging portions including one or more second tire-engaging surfaces.
Claims10
A method for processing a tire-wheel assembly including a tire and a wheel, comprising the steps of:
- positioning a first sidewall surface of a tire adjacent a mounting and indexing sub-station;
- securing a wheel to a robotic arm;
- and
- utilizing the robotic arm for:
- disposing the wheel within a central opening formed by the tire, and
- offsetting a heavy balance point of a tire and a heavy balance point of a wheel.
3 more elements
A method for processing a tire-wheel assembly including a tire and a wheel, comprising the steps of:
- securing the wheel to a robotic arm;
- utilizing the robotic arm for disposing the wheel within a central opening formed by the tire;
- utilizing the robotic arm to rotate the wheel, wherein rotation of the wheel is utilized for imparting rotation of the tire;
- moving the robotic arm toward a mounting and indexing sub-station for
- locating a sidewall surface of the tire adjacent the mounting and indexing sub-station, and
- offsetting a location of the tire relative the wheel for
- preventing further imparting of rotational movement to the tire from the
- wheel;
- and
- utilizing the robotic arm to further rotate the wheel without imparting rotation of the tire for offsetting a heavy balance point of the tire and the heavy balance point of a wheel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.