Neil P Mckay

US Patent:

20150336271, Nov 26, 2015

Filed:

May 18, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/714825

Inventors:

- Detroit MI, US
Yhu-Tin Lin - Rochester Hills MI, US
Ryan C. Sekol - Grosse Pointe Woods MI, US
Neil David McKay - Chelsea MI, US
Jianying Shi - Oakland Township MI, US
Mark A. Smith - Huntington Woods MI, US
Robert Bruce Tilove - Rochester Hills MI, US
Muhammad E. Abdallah - Rochester Hills MI, US
Seog-Chan Oh - Troy MI, US
Raymond Guo - Seabrook TX, US
Lance T. Ransom - Essex, CA

Assignee:

GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC - Detroit MI

International Classification:

B25J 9/16
B23P 19/04
B32B 7/14
B25J 19/02
B32B 37/26
B32B 41/00
B23K 31/12
B23K 37/04
B23P 15/00
B32B 7/06

Abstract:

A system for assembling a first component and a second component comprises a support operatively supporting the first component without any fixtures, a vision system configured to view the supported first component and the second component and determine the locations thereof, a robotic system configured to move and position the second component relative to the first component, and a controller operatively connected to the vision system and to the robotic system and operable to control the robotic system to position the second component relative to the first component based on the locations determined by the vision system. Various methods of assembling the first component and the second component are provided to create a process joint prior to creation of a structural joint in a subsequent assembly operation.