公开(公告)号：US10606243B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-31

申请号：US15304888

申请日：2015-04-10

Applicant: BAE Systems plc

Inventor： John Bickerstaff ,  Andrew Peter Cookson

IPC: B64F5/10 ,  G05B19/4099 ,  G05B19/4097

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing an assembly tool for assembling a first system comprising one or more components. The method comprises: for each component, determining, when the first system is attached to a second system, a position and orientation of that component relative to the second system and positions and orientations relative to the second system at which that component is to be supported; providing a frame; attaching, to the frame, a reference structure; providing a plurality of pickup devices each having a receiving element for receiving a component; and securing each pickup device to the frame such that a position and orientation relative to the reference structure of each receiving element is the same as a position and orientation at which a component is to be supported.

公开(公告)号：US09889949B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-13

申请号：US15305029

申请日：2015-04-13

Applicant: BAE Systems plc

Inventor： Andrew Peter Cookson

IPC: B23P19/04 ,  B64F5/10 ,  G05B19/402 ,  G05B19/4099

CPC classification number: B64F5/10 ,  G05B19/402 ,  G05B19/4099 ,  G05B2219/35025 ,  G05B2219/37221 ,  G05B2219/49007

Abstract: A method of producing an assembly tool (60) for assembling an assembly (6), the method comprising: providing at least a portion of a jig frame (62); fixing support plates (65) to the jig frame (62); machining the one or more support plates (65) such that a surface of each of the support plates (65) lies in a common plane (130); positioning the jig frame (62) such that the machined surfaces of the support plates (65) contact with a supporting surface (138); fixing pickup device mounting plates (140a, 140b) to the jig frame (62); machining, with respect to the supporting surface (138), the pickup device mounting plates (140a, 140b) such that a surface of each mounting plate (140a, 40b) has a respective predetermined position and orientation with respect to the supporting surface (138); and fixing, to the machined surfaces of the mounting plates (140a, 140b), a respective pickup device (66-72).

公开(公告)号：US20170185071A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-29

申请号：US15304888

申请日：2015-04-10

Applicant: BAE Systems plc

Inventor： John Bickerstaff ,  Andrew Peter Cookson

IPC: G05B19/4099 ,  B64F5/10

CPC classification number: G05B19/4099 ,  B64F5/10 ,  G05B19/4097 ,  G05B2219/35025 ,  G05B2219/45071 ,  G05B2219/50132

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of producing an assembly tool for assembling a first system comprising one or more components. The method comprises: for each component, determining, when the first system is attached to a second system, a position and orientation of that component relative to the second system and positions and orientations relative to the second system at which that component is to be supported; providing a frame; attaching, to the frame, a reference structure; providing a plurality of pickup devices each having a receiving element for receiving a component; and securing each pickup device to the frame such that a position and orientation relative to the reference structure of each receiving element is the same as a position and orientation at which a component is to be supported.

公开(公告)号：US20170174364A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-22

申请号：US15305029

申请日：2015-04-13

Applicant: BAE Systems plc

Inventor： Andrew Peter Cookson

IPC: B64F5/10 ,  G05B19/4099 ,  G05B19/402

CPC classification number: B64F5/10 ,  G05B19/402 ,  G05B19/4099 ,  G05B2219/35025 ,  G05B2219/37221 ,  G05B2219/49007

Abstract: A method of producing an assembly tool (60) for assembling an assembly (6), the method comprising: providing at least a portion of a jig frame (62); fixing support plates (65) to the jig frame (62); machining the one or more support plates (65) such that a surface of each of the support plates (65) lies in a common plane (130); positioning the jig frame (62) such that the machined surfaces of the support plates (65) contact with a supporting surface (138); fixing pickup device mounting plates (140a, 140b) to the jig frame (62); machining, with respect to the supporting surface (138), the pickup device mounting plates (140a, 140b) such that a surface of each mounting plate (140a, 40b) has a respective predetermined position and orientation with respect to the supporting surface (138); and fixing, to the machined surfaces of the mounting plates (140a, 140b), a respective pickup device (66-72).