US 12,246,403 B2
Method and system for applying a seal to a component for a vehicle
Thomas Brueckl, Thalmassing (DE); Juergen Gollwitzer, Deggendorf (DE); and Wolfgang Thurmer, Pfatter (DE)
Assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 18/559,985
Filed by Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed May 5, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/062107
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 9, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/238223, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 112 356.9 (DE), filed on May 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0278364 A1, Aug. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B23P 19/04 (2006.01); B60J 10/00 (2016.01); B60J 10/86 (2016.01)
CPC B23P 19/047 (2013.01) [B60J 10/45 (2016.02); B60J 10/86 (2016.02)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for applying a seal to a component for a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
conveying a first component to a removal region by a first conveyor element while the first component is held on a first holding element, wherein the first holding element is separate from the first component and separate from the first conveyor element, and is held on the first conveyor element via the first holding element;
by a first robot, the first holding element and, via the first holding element, the first component held on the first holding element are removed from the first conveyor element, which is in the removal region, and moved to a rotary frame;
by the first robot, the first holding element and, via the first holding element, the first component held on the first holding element are supported on the rotary frame and as a result are disposed in a first region of the rotary frame while the rotary frame is in a first rotational position;
rotating the rotary frame and thus the first holding element and the first component from the first rotational position to a second rotational position; and
applying a first seal to the first component by a second robot while the first component is supported on the first holding element and, via the first holding element, on the rotary frame and while the rotary frame is in the second rotational position.