IP Library Granted Patent US 11,926,488
Granted Patent B2
US 11,926,488 · App. 17/103,263 · Granted Mar 12, 2024

Fastening component supplying apparatus

Inventors: Jongmin Park (Ulsan, KR); Jung Pyo Kim (Ulsan, KR); Jeong Seong An (Ulsan, KR); Junhyeok Bae (Ulsan, KR)
Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
B65G47/90B23Q5/28B65G2201/02
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Patent No.
US 11,926,488
App. No.
17/103,263
Granted
Mar 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fastening component supplying apparatus is disclosed. The disclosed fastening component supplying apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention for supplying a plurality of bolts aligned by a bolt aligning device to a fastening portion of a fastening target part includes: a bolt picking unit rotatably installed to an arm front end of a handling robot and picking a plurality of bolts aligned in the bolt aligning device; and a bolt drop unit installed to an arm front end side of the handling robot and dropping the bolts picked by the bolt picking unit to the fastening portion.

Claims (46)

1. A fastening component supplying apparatus for supplying a plurality of bolts aligned by a bolt aligning device to a fastening portion of a fastening target part, the fastening component supplying apparatus comprising:

a bolt picking unit rotatably installed to an arm front end of a handling robot and configured to pick a plurality of bolts aligned in the bolt aligning device; and

a bolt drop unit installed to an arm front end side of the handling robot and configured to drop the plurality of bolts picked by the bolt picking unit to the fastening portion.

2. The fastening component supplying apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the bolt picking unit picks the plurality of bolts aligned with a predetermined interval along a circular trajectory in the bolt aligning device by a magnetic force.

3. The fastening component supplying apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the bolt picking unit includes socket members disposed to be separated along a circumferential direction so as to pick the plurality of bolts with a magnetic force and includes a magazine type unit that continuously rotates by a predetermined interval of the socket members.

4. The fastening component supplying apparatus of claim 3 , wherein

the bolt drop unit selectively applies a magnetic force to one of the plurality of bolts while it penetrates one of the socket members.

5. A fastening component supplying apparatus for supplying a plurality of bolts aligned by a bolt aligning device to a fastening portion of a fastening target part, the fastening component supplying apparatus comprising:

a handling robot having a fixing member fixed to a front end portion side of a multi-joint arm and having a rotation device rotatably provided on a front end portion of the multi-joint arm through the fixing member;

a disk-shaped rotation member forming penetration holes spaced at a predetermined interval along an edge portion and connected to the rotation device;

cylinder-shaped push guides each having a push hole connected to respective ones of the penetration holes and disposed to be separated by a predetermined interval at a lower surface edge portion of the rotation member;

a socket member coupled to the lower end of each of the push guides;

a first magnet member having a connection hole connected to the push hole of each push guide and installed at an inside of each of the socket members; and

a bolt drop unit installed at the fixing member and configured to drop a bolt picked at the first magnet member to the fastening portion.

6. The fastening component supplying apparatus of claim 5 , wherein

each socket member is configured to couple to a head portion of the bolt, and

each first magnet member is configured to fix the head portion of the bolt inside the socket member by a magnetic force.

7. The fastening component supplying apparatus of claim 5 , wherein

the bolt drop unit includes a rod assembly installed on the fixing member to be movable backward and forward in up and down directions and configured to pass through a penetration hole of the rotation member, a push hole of a corresponding one of the push guides, and the connection hole of a corresponding one of the first magnet members.

8. The fastening component supplying apparatus of claim 5 , wherein

the bolt drop unit includes:

a first operation cylinder installed to the fixing member to be fixed along the up and down directions;

a second operation cylinder connected to the lower end of the first operation cylinder;

a first operation rod provided in the first operation cylinder to be movable forward and backward in up and down directions;

a second magnet member provided at a free end of the first operation rod; and

a second operation rod having a hollow through which the first operation rod passes and provided to be movable backward and forward in the second operation cylinder in up and down directions.

9. The fastening component supplying apparatus of claim 8 , wherein

the first and second operation rods fix the head portion of a bolt through the second magnet member while simultaneously moving forward and inserting the bolt to the fastening portion.

10. The fastening component supplying apparatus of claim 9 , wherein

the first operation rod separates the bolt from the second magnet member through the second operation rod while moving backward earlier than the second operation rod.

11. The fastening component supplying apparatus of claim 5 , further comprising:

a housing supporting an edge surface of the rotation member through an inner surface of an open upper end of the housing, installed to the rotation member to be movable in up and down directions, and forming guide holes through which the socket members pass on a bottom surface of the housing; and

an elastic supporting portion provided between the rotation member and the housing and elastically supporting the up and down movement of the housing with respect to the rotation member.

12. The fastening component supplying apparatus of claim 11 , wherein

the elastic supporting portion includes:

a spring guide fixed to a central portion of a lower surface of the rotation member and provided to be coupled to a shaft hollow formed on the bottom surface of the housing; and

a spring installed on the spring guide and supporting the lower surface of the rotation member and the bottom surface of the housing at an inside of the housing.

13. He fastening component supplying apparatus of claim 11 , wherein

the bottom surface of the housing supports a protrusion that protrudes from an inside to an upper side while disposing the plurality of bolts aligned along a circular trajectory in the bolt alignment device on an outside thereof.

14. The fastening component supplying apparatus of claim 11 , further comprising

a plurality of stoppers protruding at the edge surface of the rotation member to be coupled to the housing and limiting an up and down movement range of the housing.

15. The fastening component supplying apparatus of claim 14 , wherein

the housing comprises slots into which the plurality of stoppers is inserted, and

the slots are elongated in the up and down directions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2020
From: PARK, JONGMIN; KIM, JUNG PYO; AN, JEONG SEONG; BAE, JUNHYEOK
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 054461/0272 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0063614 · May 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210371212A1 · Dec 2, 2021
Cited By (1)
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