IP Library Granted Patent US 12676252
Granted Patent B2
US 12676252 · App. 18/382,757 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Taping head

Inventors: José Lopes Carrolo Nuno (Lisbon, PT); Qiu Jianliang (Lisbon, PT); Marco Rubén Medeiros Ferreira da Silva (Odivelas, PT); Miguel Sousa Borges Monteiro Pires (Lisbon, PT)
Assignee: APTIV MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT SERVICES GMBH
H01B13/01281B65H35/0026B25J15/0408B65H2701/377
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12676252
App. No.
18/382,757
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A taping head for taping a wire harness with tape of a tape roll includes a base body and a rotatable tape dispenser with a mouth and mandrel for receiving the tape roll. The tape dispenser is configured to rotate the tape roll and is mounted to the base body by means of a quick-release coupling.

Claims (10)

1 . A system, comprising:

at least one docking unit; and

at least one tape dispenser, wherein the tape dispenser has a mouth and a mandrel for receiving a tape roll and wherein the tape dispenser is releasably supported on the docking unit, the tape dispenser being coupled to a base body by means of a quick-release coupling, the base body having a quick mount configured to mount the base body to a robot arm.

2 . The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a locking device for releasably securing the tape dispenser on the docking unit.

3 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the docking unit comprises an actuator configured to actuate a latch of the tape dispenser.

4 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the docking unit comprises an actuator configured to displace the tape dispenser supported on the docking unit.

5 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the docking unit comprises a base and a support slideably received on the base.

6 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the docking unit comprises a clamping element configured to clamp a free end of a tape.

7 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein the docking unit comprises a sensor configured to sense presence of the tape dispenser on the docking unit.

8 . The system according to claim 1 , wherein at least two docking units are mounted on a rotatable platform.