US 12,420,446 B2
Systems and methods for stud plate connector movement
Sam Marcom, Durham, NC (US); Dylan Vassily, Durham, NC (US); Daniel Levy, Durham, NC (US); and Barrett Ames, Durham, NC (US)
Assigned to BotBuilt, Inc., Durham, NC (US)
Filed by BotBuilt, Inc., Durham, NC (US)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/780,378.
Application 18/780,378 is a continuation of application No. 18/496,815, filed on Oct. 27, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/420,527, filed on Oct. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0375312 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B27M 3/00 (2006.01); B23Q 3/04 (2006.01); E04B 2/70 (2006.01)
CPC B27M 3/0073 (2013.01) [B23Q 3/04 (2013.01); E04B 2/70 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stud plate connector system, comprising:
a base plate having a first cam slot and a second cam slot, wherein the second cam slot is approximately a mirror image of the first cam slot;
a first upper cam-follower located within the first cam slot;
a second upper cam-follower located within the second cam slot, wherein the first and second cam-followers hold opposite sides of a first lumber and move the first lumber to contact a second lumber;
a first lower gripper and a second lower gripper for holding the second lumber in a perpendicular direction with respect to the first lumber;
a bonding device located before to the first and second lumber, wherein the bonding device bonds the first and second lumber together; and
a plurality actuators configured to move the first lower gripper and a second lower gripper to hold the second lumber in a perpendicular direction with respect to the first lumber.