SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINING COMPONENTS BY RIVETING

    公开(公告)号:US20200164424A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-28

    申请号:US16749362

    申请日:2020-01-22

    摘要: A riveting system, for use in mechanically linking adjacent workpieces, including a rivet having a height greater than a sum of thicknesses, measured along a line of riveting, of the workpieces being linked, so that the rivet can pass fully through the workpieces. The system also includes a riveting die, which may be a separate product. The die includes a protrusion extending from a peak toward a transition point; and a trough having a trough surface. The trough surface includes a trough inner wall, extending from the transition point to a trough bottom, and a trough outer wall, extending from the trough bottom to a trough outer edge. The technology also includes computerized systems for comparing a load-displacement profile of riveting to a pre-set profile to determine whether the riveting was performed properly.

    Smart-charging apparatus for use with electric-vehicle-sharing stations

    公开(公告)号:US10549645B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-04

    申请号:US16108783

    申请日:2018-08-22

    IPC分类号: H02J7/00 B60L11/18

    摘要: Systems for use in connection with custom powering of a vehicle that includes a charging station track and a charging base positioned at or along the charging station track at an available parking position. The system a controller having a processing hardware unit and a non-transitory storage device comprising computer-executable code that when executed causes the processing hardware unit performs operations including (i) receiving a power level indicating a current power level of the vehicle and/or a time stamp indicating an arrival time of the vehicle to a location proximate to the charging station track, (ii) sending a first signal to the vehicle causing the vehicle to move to the available position along the charging station track, (iii) charging the vehicle to a predetermined power level using the charging base, and (iv) sending a second signal to the vehicle causing the vehicle to move out of the available position at the charging station.

    RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING WORKPIECE STACK-UPS OF DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF STEEL WORKPIECES AND ALUMINUM WORKPIECES
    5.
    发明申请
    RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING WORKPIECE STACK-UPS OF DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS OF STEEL WORKPIECES AND ALUMINUM WORKPIECES 审中-公开
    不锈钢工件和铝合金组合的电阻焊接工作台

    公开(公告)号:US20160346865A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-01

    申请号:US14722563

    申请日:2015-05-27

    摘要: A method of resistance spot welding workpiece stack-ups of different combinations of steel workpieces and aluminum workpieces includes several steps. In one step, a workpiece stack-up is brought between a first weld gun arm and a second weld gun arm. The first weld gun arm includes a first welding electrode, and the second weld gun arm includes a carrier that supports a second welding electrode and a third welding electrode. Another step involves rotating the carrier and passing electrical current through the workpiece stack-up using the first welding electrode in conjunction with either the second welding electrode or the third welding electrode depending on which electrode has been rotated into facing alignment with the first welding electrode.

    摘要翻译: 钢工件和铝工件的不同组合的电阻点焊工件叠层方法包括几个步骤。 在一个步骤中,工件叠置在第一焊枪臂和第二焊枪臂之间。 第一焊枪臂包括第一焊接电极,第二焊枪臂包括支撑第二焊接电极和第三焊接电极的载体。 另一步骤是根据哪个电极已经旋转成与第一焊接电极面对齐,使第一焊接电极与第二焊接电极或第三焊接电极结合,使载体旋转并使电流通过工件叠层。

    Smart-charging apparatus for use with electric-vehicle-sharing stations

    公开(公告)号:US10293699B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-21

    申请号:US15425766

    申请日:2017-02-06

    摘要: A remote smart-power server receives reservation data indicating parameters for a planned vehicle use, such as pick-up time, pick-up location, and drop-off time. Systems of the present technology are in various embodiments used in connection with electric vehicles. The server interacts with a smart-powering station system to determine available vehicles at the location, including vehicles having sufficient charge, or chargeable to sufficient charge by the pick-up time. The server presents available vehicles to a user device and receives selection of a preferred vehicle. The server sends the selection to the smart-powering station, which implements a charging sequence to ensure the preferred vehicle is charged as needed for the planned vehicle use. Charging is in various implementations performed automatically, such as by computing controls and robotic machinery. The technology in various embodiments includes any of the relevant apparatus of the arrangement, code and algorithms thereof, and processes performed thereby.

    RECONFIGURABLE VEHICLE INTERIOR ASSEMBLY
    9.
    发明申请
    RECONFIGURABLE VEHICLE INTERIOR ASSEMBLY 有权
    可重新组装车内装置

    公开(公告)号:US20150102621A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-04-16

    申请号:US14510630

    申请日:2014-10-09

    IPC分类号: B60R13/02

    摘要: In one embodiment, a reconfigurable vehicle interior assembly is provided. The assembly includes a trim member including a plurality of first elastically deformable mating members and a vehicle interior carrier component including a plurality of second elastically deformable mating members. Each of the first elastically deformable mating members matingly engages with at least one of the second elastically deformable mating members in order to couple the trim member to the vehicle interior carrier component. The first and second elastically deformable mating members collectively form a plurality of elastic averaging couplings.

    摘要翻译: 在一个实施例中,提供了可重构车辆内部组件。 组件包括装配构件,该装饰构件包括多个第一可弹性变形的配合构件和包括多个第二可弹性变形的配合构件的车辆内部承载构件。 每个第一可弹性变形的配合构件与至少一个第二可弹性变形的配合构件配合地接合,以将装饰构件联接到车辆内部承载构件。 第一和第二可弹性变形的配合构件共同形成多个弹性平均耦合。

    Method of riveting involving ultrasonic pulses

    公开(公告)号:US10189075B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-29

    申请号:US15413524

    申请日:2017-01-24

    摘要: A method of riveting a first substrate and a second substrate with a rivet includes delivering a first ultrasonic pulse to a respective exterior surface of the first substrate at a predefined target area, via an ultrasonic device. The first ultrasonic pulse is configured to soften the first substrate at a first softening temperature. The method includes attaching a crust layer on a rivet head of the rivet. A second ultrasonic pulse is delivered to the predefined target area to soften the crust layer at a second softening temperature, via the ultrasonic device. A surface profile of the crust layer is fashioned via compression of a horn inner cavity of the ultrasonic device over the crust layer. The crust layer is cooled to harden into a seal configured to prevent entry of moisture between the rivet and the respective exterior surface of the first substrate, thereby reducing galvanic corrosion.