Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Assembly tool production
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Application No.: US15304888Application Date: 2015-04-10
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Publication No.: US10606243B2Publication Date: 2020-03-31
- Inventor: John Bickerstaff , Andrew Peter Cookson
- Applicant: BAE Systems plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: BAE Systems plc
- Current Assignee: BAE Systems plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Maine Cernota & Rardin
- Priority: EP14275090 20140424; GB1407185.6 20140424
- International Application: PCT/GB2015/051091 WO 20150410
- International Announcement: WO2015/162401 WO 20151029
- Main IPC: B64F5/10
- IPC: B64F5/10 ; G05B19/4099 ; G05B19/4097

Abstract:
Disclosed is a method of producing an assembly tool for assembling a first system comprising one or more components. The method comprises: for each component, determining, when the first system is attached to a second system, a position and orientation of that component relative to the second system and positions and orientations relative to the second system at which that component is to be supported; providing a frame; attaching, to the frame, a reference structure; providing a plurality of pickup devices each having a receiving element for receiving a component; and securing each pickup device to the frame such that a position and orientation relative to the reference structure of each receiving element is the same as a position and orientation at which a component is to be supported.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170185071A1 ASSEMBLY TOOL PRODUCTION Public/Granted day:2017-06-29
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