Robotic systems for laying out wiring harnesses and other types of line harnesses

    公开(公告)号:US11823813B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-21

    申请号:US17026189

    申请日:2020-09-19

    IPC分类号: H01B13/012 B65C3/02

    摘要: A robotic system for laying out a specified wiring harness. A robotic arm is configured to arrange a plurality of wire segments along the harness support surface. A system controller is configured to direct the robotic arm to arrange each of the plurality of wire segments on the harness support surface along a specified wire route. A preparation device can label one or both ends of each wire segment as they are being laid out on the support surface. The labeler can automatically apply adhesive labels as flags at selected locations along the length of the wire segment. In a method of making a wiring harness, the robotic arm positions pins on a harness support surface to define wire routes and then arranges at least one wire segment on the harness support surface along each of the wire routes.

    SURFACE ANALYST END EFFECTOR FOR INDUSTRIAL ROBOT

    公开(公告)号:US20230131624A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-27

    申请号:US18049419

    申请日:2022-10-25

    摘要: A surface analyst end effector for an automated inspection and repair system for composite parts. A surface analyst system and a tool changer are supported on a chassis. A control unit of the surface analyst system is configured to conduct a bond readiness test by which the control unit directs an inspection head to place a drop of liquid onto a surface of a composite part and directs the inspection head to capture an image of the drop on the surface. The slave tool changer releasably and operatively connects the end effector to an industrial robot such that the industrial robot can move the end effector along the composite part and the inspection and repair system can signal the surface analyst to conduct a bond readiness test. The surface analyst end effector is interchangeable with other end effectors of the inspection and repair system for performing inspection and repair methods.

    RESISTANCE WELDING APPARATUS AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230086324A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-23

    申请号:US17933499

    申请日:2022-09-20

    摘要: A resistance welding apparatus can employ a modular power supply system with multiple power supply modules and leads for electrically connecting the modular power supply system to a welding resistor. The resistance welding apparatus is selectively configurable in at least three of (i) a first configuration in which the leads connect the first power supply module to the resistor and the second power supply module is disconnected from the resistor; (ii) a second configuration in which the leads connect the second power supply module to the resistor and the first power supply module is disconnected from the resistor; (iii) a third configuration in which the leads connect the first and second power supply modules to the resistor in series; and (iv) a fourth configuration in which the leads connect the first and second power supply modules to the resistor in parallel.

    FOREIGN OBJECT DEBRIS COLLECTION DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20220354329A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-10

    申请号:US17734017

    申请日:2022-04-30

    摘要: The present disclosure provides a Foreign Object Debris (FOD) Collection Device that comprises a carriage, a hitch, a holding chamber, a powered sweeper, and a funneling component. The carriage moves along a surface. The hitch couples the carriage to an Automated Mobile Robot (AMR) such that the automated robot drives movement of the carriage along the surface. The holding chamber is supported on the carriage and comprises an opening through which debris are passable into the holding chamber. The powered sweeper comprises a movable brush supported on the carriage and is operatively connected to a power supply of the Automated Mobile Robot. The funneling component is located between the movable brush and the holding chamber and is moved by the powered sweeper along surface S such that the debris swept by the movable brush are guided by the funneling component into the opening of the holding chamber.

    RADIOACTIVE POWER GENERATOR REACTIVATION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220223301A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-14

    申请号:US17450215

    申请日:2021-10-07

    发明人: Nickolas Solomey

    IPC分类号: G21B1/21 B64G1/42 B64G1/66

    摘要: A radioactive power generation system is disclosed, the system comprising a radioactive power generator and a releasable antiproton containment. The radioactive power generator includes a radioisotope material. The releasable antiproton containment comprising a plurality of antiprotons contained in isolation from the radioisotope material. The releasable antiproton containment is configured to selectively release the antiprotons from the releasable antiproton containment such that the antiprotons can annihilate the radioisotope material in a fission event to reenergize the radioactive power generator.

    MOTORCYCLE WIND BUFFETING SHIELD
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210214034A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-15

    申请号:US17148841

    申请日:2021-01-14

    发明人: Steven Skinner

    IPC分类号: B62J17/10

    摘要: A vehicle wind buffeting shield, a vehicle incorporating a wind buffeting shield, and a method of diverting upward air flow during operation of a vehicle using a wind buffeting shield are provided. The wind buffeting shield includes a flow restricting portion and at least one mounting member. The at least one mounting member couples the flow restricting portion proximate a bottom portion of a gas tank of a vehicle such that the flow restricting portion projects generally horizontal and outwards from the vehicle and restricts upward air flow during operation of the vehicle.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOLD CREATION

    公开(公告)号:US20210206026A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-08

    申请号:US17118822

    申请日:2020-12-11

    摘要: A mold for use in molding a surface of a component is formed from separate building blocks that are assembled together so that mold surface segments associated with each of the building blocks line up to form one contiguous mold surface that corresponds with the shape of the mold. The building blocks can be formed to have integral formations for connecting them together. The building blocks can be formed by modeling the contiguous mold surface, dividing this first mold model into sections which define discrete building block models, and then forming each building block separately based on the discrete building block models. For instance, the individual block models can be assigned to different additive manufacturing machines and then later be assembled together at a final location.