US 11,938,616 B2
Swage end effector with automated fastener size change capability
Dennis R. Mathis, St. Peterburg, FL (US); Andrew J. Maass, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US); Daniel B. Freeman, Goose Creek, SC (US); Rachel M. Chow, Highlands Ranch, CO (US); and Tyler E. Berkey, Charleston, SC (US)
Assigned to The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed by The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US)
Filed on Jul. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/366,624.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/127,742, filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0193926 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B21J 15/02 (2006.01); B25J 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 15/0408 (2013.01) [B21J 15/022 (2013.01); B25J 15/0019 (2013.01); B25J 15/0416 (2013.01); B25J 15/0491 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lockbolt swage end effector for use with a robotic manipulator, the end effector comprising:
a lockbolt swage tool;
a frame;
a hydraulic operator carried in the frame;
a connector assembly releasably engaging the hydraulic operator and lockbolt swage tool, the connector assembly comprising a probe assembly extending from the lockbolt swage tool that is removably engageable in a receiver assembly attached to the hydraulic operator wherein the probe assembly comprises:
a probe concentrically insertable into the receiver assembly, the probe having a land and a locking groove;
a probe flange having a top plate fastened to the lockbolt swage tool, the land on the probe abutting the probe flange;
a forward alignment boss extending from the probe flange; and
a core-bolt bushing concentrically housed within the probe;
a two-piece core-bolt operably connecting the lockbolt swage tool and the hydraulic operator through the connector assembly wherein the two-piece core-bolt has a core-bolt shaft and a core-holt receiver, the core-bolt shaft extending from the lockbolt swage tool and the core-bolt receiver extending from the hydraulic operator; and
a connection flange on the frame attaching the frame to the robotic manipulator.