公开(公告)号：US08079143B2

公开(公告)日：2011-12-20

申请号：US11653716

申请日：2007-01-16

申请人： George Zhang ,  Hui Zhang ,  Yanhua Yang ,  Bruno Barrey ,  Daniel W. McGillis

发明人： George Zhang ,  Hui Zhang ,  Yanhua Yang ,  Bruno Barrey ,  Daniel W. McGillis

IPC分类号： B21K3/00

CPC分类号： B23P19/043 ,  B25J9/0084 ,  B25J9/1682 ,  Y10T29/49229 ,  Y10T29/49231 ,  Y10T29/49233 ,  Y10T29/49249 ,  Y10T29/49998 ,  Y10T29/53078 ,  Y10T29/53261 ,  Y10T29/53365 ,  Y10T29/53904 ,  Y10T29/53961 ,  Y10T29/53991

摘要： A method and apparatus for engine piston installation in which robots are used for the entire engine piston installation process. A first robot equipped with a stuffing gripper and force control picks up a piston with a connection rod, detects the piston ring presence, squeeze the rings, find the engine cylinder bore, and stuffs the piston into the cylinder bore. A second robot can be used to load and unload the engine block, hold the block and position it to the location, and indexes the crankshaft into the proper orientation for each cylinder bore. A set of tools either fixed on a stationary station or on a third robot is used to guide the piston connecting rod, transport and place on the connecting rod cap, and fasten the cap onto the connecting rod. The piston connecting rod guiding process may be omitted in piston stuffing for some types of engines.

摘要翻译： 一种用于发动机活塞安装的方法和装置，其中机器人用于整个发动机活塞安装过程。 装备有填充夹具和力控制器的第一个机器人用连接杆拾取活塞，检测活塞环的存在，挤压环，找到发动机气缸孔，并将活塞装入气缸孔。 第二台机器人可用于装载和卸载发动机缸体，将其固定到位置，并将曲轴调整到每个气缸孔的正确方位。 固定在固定站或第三机器人上的一组工具用于引导活塞连杆，运输和放置在连杆盖上，并将盖紧固到连杆上。 在某些类型的发动机的活塞填料中可以省略活塞连杆引导过程。

公开(公告)号：US20120036692A1

公开(公告)日：2012-02-16

申请号：US13268044

申请日：2011-10-07

申请人： George Zhang ,  Hui Zhang ,  Yanhua Yang ,  Bruno Barrey ,  Daniel W. McGillis

发明人： George Zhang ,  Hui Zhang ,  Yanhua Yang ,  Bruno Barrey ,  Daniel W. McGillis

IPC分类号： B23P19/00

CPC分类号： B23P19/043 ,  B25J9/0084 ,  B25J9/1682 ,  Y10T29/49229 ,  Y10T29/49231 ,  Y10T29/49233 ,  Y10T29/49249 ,  Y10T29/49998 ,  Y10T29/53078 ,  Y10T29/53261 ,  Y10T29/53365 ,  Y10T29/53904 ,  Y10T29/53961 ,  Y10T29/53991

摘要： A method and apparatus for engine piston installation in which robots are used for the entire engine piston installation process. A first robot equipped with a stuffing gripper and force control picks up a piston with a connection rod, detects the piston ring presence, squeezes the rings, finds the engine cylinder bore, and stuffs the piston into the cylinder bore. A second robot can be used to load and unload the engine block, hold the block and position it to the location, and indexes the crankshaft into the proper orientation for each cylinder bore. A set of tools either fixed on a stationary station or on a third robot is used to guide the piston connecting rod, transport and place on the connecting rod cap, and fasten the cap onto the connecting rod. The piston connecting rod guiding process may be omitted in piston stuffing for some types of engines.

摘要翻译： 一种用于发动机活塞安装的方法和装置，其中机器人用于整个发动机活塞安装过程。 装备有填充夹具和力控制器的第一个机器人用连杆接收活塞，检测活塞环的存在，挤压环，找到发动机气缸孔，并将活塞装入气缸孔。 第二台机器人可用于装载和卸载发动机缸体，将其固定到位置，并将曲轴调整到每个气缸孔的正确方位。 固定在固定站或第三机器人上的一组工具用于引导活塞连杆，运输和放置在连杆盖上，并将盖紧固到连杆上。 在某些类型的发动机的活塞填料中可以省略活塞连杆引导过程。

公开(公告)号：US08667657B2

公开(公告)日：2014-03-11

申请号：US11653566

申请日：2007-01-16

申请人： George Zhang ,  Hui Zhang ,  Yanhua Yang ,  Bruno Barrey ,  Daniel W. McGillis

发明人： George Zhang ,  Hui Zhang ,  Yanhua Yang ,  Bruno Barrey ,  Daniel W. McGillis

IPC分类号： B25B27/14 ,  B23Q7/00 ,  B23P21/00

CPC分类号： B23P19/043 ,  B25J9/0084 ,  B25J9/1682 ,  Y10T29/49229 ,  Y10T29/49231 ,  Y10T29/49233 ,  Y10T29/49249 ,  Y10T29/49998 ,  Y10T29/53078 ,  Y10T29/53261 ,  Y10T29/53365 ,  Y10T29/53904 ,  Y10T29/53961 ,  Y10T29/53991

摘要： A method and apparatus for engine piston installation in which robots are used for the entire engine piston installation process. A first robot equipped with a stuffing gripper and force control picks up a piston with a connection rod, detects the piston ring presence, squeeze the rings, find the engine cylinder bore, and stuffs the piston into the cylinder bore. A second robot can be used to load and unload the engine block, hold the block and position it to the location, and indexes the crankshaft into the proper orientation for each cylinder bore. A set of tools either fixed on a stationary station or on a third robot is used to guide the piston connecting rod, transport and place on the connecting rod cap, and fasten the cap onto the connecting rod. The piston connecting rod guiding process may be omitted in piston stuffing for some types of engines.

摘要翻译： 一种用于发动机活塞安装的方法和装置，其中机器人用于整个发动机活塞安装过程。 装备有填充夹具和力控制器的第一个机器人用连接杆拾取活塞，检测活塞环的存在，挤压环，找到发动机气缸孔，并将活塞装入气缸孔。 第二台机器人可用于装载和卸载发动机缸体，将其固定到位置，并将曲轴调整到每个气缸孔的正确方位。 固定在固定站或第三机器人上的一组工具用于引导活塞连杆，运输和放置在连杆盖上，并将盖紧固到连杆上。 在某些类型的发动机的活塞填料中可以省略活塞连杆引导过程。

公开(公告)号：US06637123B2

公开(公告)日：2003-10-28

申请号：US10004532

申请日：2001-10-23

申请人： Robert J. Rucha ,  Daniel W. McGillis ,  Peter J. Deir

发明人： Robert J. Rucha ,  Daniel W. McGillis ,  Peter J. Deir

IPC分类号： G01B322

CPC分类号： G01B5/207

摘要： A contact gauge for measuring a contoured surface on work piece is presented having a matching contoured profile and multiple sensors inserted in a gauge body. The gauge body uses bores filled with spherical balls. At least one ball from each bore contacts the contoured surface, which causes displacement of the ball. The displacement is transferred to and recorded by the sensor. The layout of the gauge permits multiple sensors to be mounted in a compact gauge housing and the gauge housing, in turn, may connected to a robotic arm for rapid and repeated use as an automated measurement apparatus for a component assembly line.