Title:
SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING PREDEFINED FASTENER INSTALLATION PROCEDURES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/139350
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Complex assembly procedures for joining components with plural fasteners are accomplished using predefined procedures for performing a multi-step assembly of a joint using a dynamically controllable assembly tool, or to inspect an assembled joint. An assembly tool is coupled with an electronically controlled regulator for reducing the tightening rate, or the load increase per impact for an impact or impulse tool, so the tool can be stopped precisely at a specified stopping load or torque. The predefined procedures for performing the desired tightening operation are established in a controller coupled with the electronically controlled regulator, for dynamically controlling the assembly tool. The system can be used to assemble joints involving multiple fasteners and which are subject to elastic interaction between the fasteners, rocking, or joint relaxation, and in assembly or inspection operations in which an operator is to be guided through a particular sequence of instructions.
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Inventors:
KIBBLEWHITE IAN E (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/000759
Publication Date:
May 31, 2012
Filing Date:
May 02, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
INNOVATION PLUS LLC (US)
KIBBLEWHITE IAN E (US)
KIBBLEWHITE IAN E (US)
International Classes:
B25B21/00; F16B31/00; F16B31/02; G01L5/24
Domestic Patent References:
WO2007117575A2 | 2007-10-18 |
Foreign References:
US5717143A | 1998-02-10 | |||
US20090038402A1 | 2009-02-12 | |||
KR20080094930A | 2008-10-27 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 2566661A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
COHEN, Gary, M. (125 Strafford Avenuesuite 30, Wayne PA, US)
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