US 11,986,951 B2
Systems and methods for pre-plating structural members
Michael Patrick Baker, Meridian, ID (US); Cole Jay Logemann, Nampa, ID (US); Anthony Edward Lancaster, Caldwell, ID (US); Chris Scot Annin, Emmett, ID (US); Anthony Wayne Foster, Middleton, ID (US); Jeffrey Michael Hill, Meridian, ID (US); Shane Christopher Dittrich, Nampa, ID (US); and Kristopher Ryan Okelberry, Nampa, ID (US)
Assigned to House of Design LLC, Nampa, ID (US)
Filed by House of Design LLC, Nampa, ID (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/063,551.
Application 18/063,551 is a continuation of application No. 16/590,044, filed on Oct. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,541,553.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/855,179, filed on May 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173690 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B27F 7/15 (2006.01); B65G 47/91 (2006.01); B65G 61/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 15/0616 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1697 (2013.01); B25J 15/0052 (2013.01); B27F 7/155 (2013.01); B65G 47/91 (2013.01); B65G 61/00 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40006 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40053 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pre-plating system, comprising:
a transfer pedestal;
a plate picking robot configured to place a plate on the transfer pedestal;
a press to secure the plate to a structural member, wherein the structural member is positioned within the press based on a centroid of the structural member, and wherein the centroid is determined based on a major plane of the structural member; and
a press loading robot configured to transfer the plate from the transfer pedestal to the press to facilitate securing of the plate to the structural member, the press loading robot comprising a gripping mechanism configured to grip the plate.