US 11,712,836 B2
Automated wrapping system
Ronald Brian Smith, Oxford, MI (US); James Edmond Hajdo, Lapeer, MI (US); Conner Luke Booth, Oxford, MI (US); and Steven Scott Fileccia, Waterford, MI (US)
Assigned to Ascent Auto Interior, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
Appl. No. 16/753,383
Filed by Ascent Auto Interior, LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 9, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/055063
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 3, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/074957, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/683,127, filed on Jun. 11, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/569,663, filed on Oct. 9, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0282634 A1, Sep. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. B29C 63/04 (2006.01); B29C 51/10 (2006.01); B29C 51/12 (2006.01); B29C 63/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/30 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 63/046 (2013.01) [B29C 51/10 (2013.01); B29C 51/12 (2013.01); B29C 63/0073 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3041 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated wrapping system for trimming a substrate with a material, the substrate having an outer portion and an inner portion and an edge connecting the inner portion to the outer portion, said automated wrapping system comprising:
a support;
a nest mounted to said support and configured to position the material between the outer portion of the substrate and the nest, with the material including a free end portion not positioned between the nest and the outer portion of the substrate;
a material folding assembly positioned adjacent to said nest, said material folding assembly movable between a rest position and an actuated position with a first portion of said material folding assembly holding the material against the edge of the substrate in said actuated position, wherein a second portion of said material folding assembly engages and folds the free end portion of the material over the edge of the substrate and onto a part of the inner portion of the substrate while said first portion continues to retain the material against the edge of the substrate; and
an actuator connected to said material folding assembly for moving said material folding assembly between said rest position and said actuated position.