US 12,115,607 B2
Retainer gripping device
Ryoichi Ogawa, Seto (JP); and Yasuhiro Kawai, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken (JP); and SHINMEI INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Aichi (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP); and SHINMEI INDUSTRY CO., LTD., Aichi (JP)
Filed on Jun. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/356,524.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-111296 (JP), filed on Jun. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0402617 A1, Dec. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B23P 19/04 (2006.01); B25B 27/24 (2006.01); F01L 3/10 (2006.01)
CPC B23P 19/045 (2013.01) [B25B 27/24 (2013.01); B25J 15/0095 (2013.01); B25J 15/0038 (2013.01); F01L 3/10 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A retainer gripping device configured to grip a retainer accommodating a set of cotters inside the retainer, the retainer gripping device comprising:
a retainer gripping unit configured to grip the retainer;
a retainer supporting portion configured such that the retainer gripped by the retainer gripping unit is placed in a state in which the set of cotters are accommodated inside the retainer; and
a cotter supporting portion configured to support lower end edge portions of the cotters accommodated inside the retainer in a state in which the lower end edge portions are lifted upward higher than a lower end edge portion of the retainer, wherein the retainer gripping unit includes a plunging pin member inserted from above between the set of cotters supported by the cotter supporting portion, and the plunging pin member includes a tapered portion on a distal end portion of the plunging pin member, the tapered portion being reduced in diameter toward a distal end side of the plunging pin member.