Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automatic monitoring of vibration welding equipment
- Patent Title (中): 自动监测振动焊接设备
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Application No.: US14065801Application Date: 2013-10-29
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Publication No.: US08858742B2Publication Date: 2014-10-14
- Inventor: John Patrick Spicer , Debejyo Chakraborty , Michael Anthony Wincek , Hui Wang , Jeffrey A. Abell , Jennifer Bracey , Wayne W. Cai
- Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Detroit
- Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Detroit
- Agency: Quinn Law Group, PLLC
- Main IPC: B32B37/00
- IPC: B32B37/00 ; B29C65/08 ; B06B3/00 ; B29C65/00

Abstract:
A vibration welding system includes vibration welding equipment having a welding horn and anvil, a host device, a check station, and a robot. The robot moves the horn and anvil via an arm to the check station. Sensors, e.g., temperature sensors, are positioned with respect to the welding equipment. Additional sensors are positioned with respect to the check station, including a pressure-sensitive array. The host device, which monitors a condition of the welding equipment, measures signals via the sensors positioned with respect to the welding equipment when the horn is actively forming a weld. The robot moves the horn and anvil to the check station, activates the check station sensors at the check station, and determines a condition of the welding equipment by processing the received signals. Acoustic, force, temperature, displacement, amplitude, and/or attitude/gyroscopic sensors may be used.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140138012A1 AUTOMATIC MONITORING OF VIBRATION WELDING EQUIPMENT Public/Granted day:2014-05-22
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