Wheel assembly equipment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10610997-B2
Application number	US-201815937189-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2018
Priority date	Dec 22, 2017
Publication date	Apr 7, 2020
Grant date	Apr 7, 2020

Abstract

The present application discloses a wheel assembly equipment, which includes a lower rotating and lifting system, lower ejection units, a lower supporting and adjusting system, a centering and lifting system, compression units, press-in units, an upper lifting and rotating system. The wheel assembly equipment not only may be used for realizing the function of simultaneously pressing bushings into bolt holes of a wheel having different pitch diameters, but also may be used for simultaneously detecting whether the press-out force of each bushing is qualified, and has the characteristics of high automation degree, advanced process, strong universality and high safety and stability at the same time.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wheel assembly equipment comprising a frame, a cylinder I, a lower rotary joint, a lower spline shaft, a belt pulley I, a lower spline sleeve, lower guide posts, lower guide sleeves, a lower fixed plate, a lower bearing seat, a rotary bottom plate, a servo motor I, a gear I, racks I, servo electric cylinders I, left sliding plates I, guide rails I, guide posts I, lower pressure sensors, guide sleeves I, springs I, floating columns I, a spring II, a floating column II, a flange plate, a cylinder II, a gear II, a sliding rack, racks II, guide rails II, guide rails III, a left sliding plate II, clamping blocks, compression blocks, guide posts II, guide sleeves II, left sliding plates III, guide rails IV, servo electric cylinders II, cylinders III, an upper fixed plate I, a gear III, racks III, a servo motor II, a swivel, an upper fixing ring, upper guide posts, an upper fixed plate II, an upper spline shaft, a belt pulley III, an upper spline sleeve, an upper bearing seat I, upper guide sleeves, an upper rotary joint, a cylinder IV, a servo motor III, an upper bearing seat II, a rotating shaft, a synchronous belt II, a belt pulley IV, servo electric cylinders III, right sliding plates I, guide rails V, guide sleeves III, guide posts III, upper pressure sensors, upper pressure heads, clamping jaws, springs III, a right sliding plate II, a servo motor IV, a synchronous belt I, a belt pulley II, and cylinders V:
a lower rotating and lifting system comprises: the lower bearing seat is fixed above the lower fixed plate; the lower spline sleeve is mounted inside the lower bearing seat via a bearing; the lower spline shaft is matched with the lower spline sleeve, and lower end of the lower spline shaft is mounted above the lower rotary joint; the cylinder I is fixed at bottom of the frame, and output end of the cylinder I is connected with lower part of the lower rotary joint; the belt pulley I is fixed below the lower spline sleeve; the servo motor IV is fixed above the lower fixed plate, and the belt pulley II is fixed at output end of the servo motor IV; and the belt pulley I is connected with the belt pulley II via the synchronous belt I;
a lower ejection unit comprises: the left sliding plate I is fixed below the flange plate via the guide rail I; the guide sleeve I is fixed above the left sliding plate I; the guide post I is matched with the guide sleeve I; the lower pressure sensor is arranged in the middle of the guide post I; the floating column I is matched with a cylindrical hole in upper part of the guide sleeve I; the spring I is arranged below the floating column I; the servo electric cylinder I is arranged below the left sliding plate I, and output end of the servo electric cylinder I is connected with lower part of the guide post I; and quantity of the lower ejection unit of this equipment corresponds to that of bolt holes of a wheel;
a lower supporting and adjusting system comprises: the flange plate is fixed above the rotary bottom plate via a vertical plate; lower guiding part of the floating column II is matched with a hole in the middle of the flange plate; the spring II is arranged outside the lower guiding part of the floating column II; the servo motor I is fixed below the flange plate, and the gear I is fixed at output end of the servo motor I; a rack I is fixed on each left sliding plate I, and all the racks I are engaged with the gear I;
a centering and lifting system comprises: both the left sliding plate II and the right sliding plate II are mounted above a bottom plate of the sliding rack via the guide rails III; two clamping blocks are respectively fixed above the left sliding plate II and the right sliding plate II, and the racks II are respectively fixed below the left sliding plate II and the right sliding plate II; the gear II is fixed above a bottom plate of the sliding rack, and engaged with the racks II; two sides of the sliding rack are mounted on two sides of the frame via the guide rails II; the cylinder II is fixed above the bottom plate of the sliding rack, and output end of the cylinder II is connected with the left sliding plate II; four lower guide posts are fixed below the bottom plate of the sliding rack; the lower guide posts are matched with the lower guide sleeves; the lower guide sleeves are fixed on the lower fixed plate; two cylinders V are also fixed on the lower fixed plate, and output ends of the two cylinders V are articulated with lower part of the bottom plate of the sliding rack;
a compression unit comprises: the left sliding plate III is mounted below the upper fixed plate I via the guide rail IV; the guide sleeve II is fixed below the left sliding plate III; the guide post II is matched with the guide sleeve II, and the compression block is fixed below the guide post II; the cylinder III is fixed above the left sliding plate III, and output end of the cylinder III is connected with upper part of the guide post II; the servo electric cylinder II is fixed below the upper fixed plate I, and output end of the servo electric cylinder II is connected with the left sliding plate III; and this equipment comprises four compression units, the four compression units are uniformly distributed below the upper fixed plate I;
a press-in unit comprises: the right sliding plate I is mounted above the upper fixed plate I via the guide rail V; the guide sleeve III is fixed below the right sliding plate I; the guide post III is matched with the guide sleeve III, and each of the upper pressure heads is fixed below the guide post III; the upper pressure sensor is arranged inside the guide post III; upper parts of four clamping jaws are T-shaped, and matched with four T-shaped grooves in the upper pressure heads; a semicircular stop block is respectively arranged on lower outer sides of the clamping jaws; the spring III is arranged among the four clamping jaws; the servo electric cylinder III is fixed at top of the right sliding plate I, and output end of the servo electric cylinder III is connected with upper part of the guide post III; and quantity of the press-in unit corresponds to that of the bolt holes of the wheel;
a servo motor II is fixed above the upper fixed plate I, and the gear III is fixed at output end of the servo motor II; a rack III is fixed on each right sliding plate I, and the racks III are simultaneously engaged with the gear III;
an upper lifting and rotating system comprises: the upper fixed plate II is fixed above the upper fixed plate I; the upper fixing ring is mounted above the upper fixed plate II via the swivel; four upper guide posts are fixed on the upper fixing ring; the upper guide sleeves matched with the upper guide posts are fixed above the frame; the upper bearing seat I is fixed in the middle below a top plate of the frame; the upper spline sleeve is mounted inside the upper bearing seat I via a bearing; the upper spline shaft is matched with the upper spline sleeve, upper part of the upper spline shaft is connected with lower end of the upper rotary joint, and the lower part of the upper spline shaft is connected with top of the upper fixed plate II; the belt pulley III is fixed below the upper spline sleeve; the cylinder IV is fixed at top of the frame, and output end of the cylinder IV is connected with upper end of the upper rotary joint; the upper bearing seat II is fixed on the right side below the top plate of the frame; the rotating shaft is mounted inside the upper bearing seat II via a bearing; the servo motor III is fixed above the frame; the belt pulley IV is fixed below the rotating shaft; and the belt pulley III is connected with the belt pulley IV via the synchronous belt II.

Assignees

• Citic Dicastal Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xue Bowen
• Cang Qi
• Tong Ruisong
• Guo Jiandong

Classifications

• B24B41/06 Primary

  Work supports, e.g. adjustable steadies (B24B37/27 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B24B5/44

  for grinding rims of vehicle wheels, e.g. for bicycles · CPC title

• B24B47/10

  for rotating or reciprocating working-spindles carrying grinding wheels or workpieces · CPC title

• B60B31/00 Primary

  Apparatus or tools for assembling or disassembling wheels · CPC title