Method of manufacturing and manufacturing apparatus for an assembled product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11077528-B2
Application number	US-201815938534-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2018
Priority date	Mar 28, 2017
Publication date	Aug 3, 2021
Grant date	Aug 3, 2021

Abstract

A method of manufacturing produces an assembled product where a ring-shaped seal is attached to a channel in an inner circumferential surface of a ring-shaped component. The method includes: a holding step that moves an engaged portion of the seal inwardly in a radial direction using a deformation member, while restricting movement of the seal in a direction parallel to an inner circumferential wall of the channel, to cause deformation so that the outer diameter of part of the seal aside from the engaged portion becomes smaller than the channel inner circumferential diameter; and an attachment step that attaches the seal to the channel by releasing the seal to restore the seal from the deformation. The attachment step includes releasing the seal by releasing engagement by the deformation member and moving the seal body inside the channel while pressing out the seal body from inside.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An attachment unit for attaching a seal body in a manufacturing apparatus that manufactures an assembled product, which includes a component main body and a ring-shaped seal body that has been attached to a ring-shaped inner circumferential surface of the component main body, the attachment unit comprising:
a pair of guide members that support the ring-shaped seal body to be attached to a ring-shaped channel formed in the inner circumferential surface of the component main body;
a rod-shaped deformation engagement member that moves a portion of the seal body inward in a radial direction to cause deformation of the seal body, and holds the seal body by acting in concert with the pair of guide members, the rod-shaped deformation engagement member having a shaft, configured to extend in a direction parallel to a center axis of the seal body, the shaft having a curved surface and the curved surface of the shaft configured to engage an engaged portion of the seal body and move the engaged portion inward in the radial direction; and
a ring attaching mechanism that moves the seal body supported by the ring pair of guide members to the attachment channel by acting in concert with the rod-shaped deformation engagement member and attaches the seal body by acting in concert with the rod-shaped deformation engagement member.

2. The attachment unit according to claim 1 ,
wherein the pair of guide members, whose diameter is smaller than the inner circumferential diameter of the seal body, support the ring-shaped seal body while restricting deformation of the seal body in an intersecting direction that intersects the radial direction around a circumferential direction of the seal body and permitting movement of the seal body in the radial direction;
a support portion formed by a first surface, a second surface and an engagement portion of the guide members that engages part of an inner circumferential portion of the seal body, and is formed so as to be capable of housing the seal body whose diameter has been reduced;
a plurality of cutaway portions provided, at predetermined intervals, in a radial direction from a center axis side of the pair of guide portions; and
an engagement cutaway portion that permits movement of the deformation engagement member.

3. The attachment unit according to claim 2 ,
wherein the deformation engagement member is configured to move between an outer standby position set on an outer circumferential side of the pair of guide members and a holding position set on an inner circumferential side of the pair of guide members;
the attachment unit comprising:
a first deformation moving mechanism that reciprocally moves the deformation engagement member along the first surface between the outer standby position and the holding position; and
a second moving mechanism that reciprocally moves the deformation engagement member in a direction that intersects the first surface between the holding position and an intersecting direction standby position.

4. The attachment unit according to claim 2 ,
wherein the pair of guide members include:
a first guide member that includes the first surface; and
a second guide member that includes the second surface,
wherein the first guide member and the second guide member include the plurality of cutaway portions and the second guide member further includes an engagement cutaway portion.

5. The attachment unit according to claim 4 , comprising:
an intermediate member that is disposed between the first guide member and the second guide member and includes: a contacted surface that is contacted by the inner circumferential portion of the seal body; a movement permitting portion that permits movement of the deformation engagement member; and the engagement portion.

6. The attachment unit according to claim 1 ,
wherein the ring attachment mechanism includes:
a plurality of ring attachment members that are capable of moving between attachment positions, a plurality of which are set at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction on an outer circumferential side of the pair of guide members, and standby positions, a plurality of which are set at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction on a center axis side of the pair of guide members; and
an attachment moving mechanism that reciprocally moves the plurality of ring attaching members between the respective standby positions and the attachment positions.

Assignees

• Hirata Spinning

Inventors

• Noda Mitsuhiro

Classifications

• F16J15/3268 Primary

  Mounting of sealing rings · CPC title

• B23P19/084

  for placing resilient or flexible rings, e.g. O-rings, circlips · CPC title

• B23P19/02

  for connecting objects by press fit or for detaching same (B23P19/10 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B23P11/02 Primary

  by first expanding and then shrinking or vice versa, e.g. by using pressure fluids; by making force fits · CPC title

• B23P19/047 Primary

  for flexible profiles, e.g. sealing or decorating strips in grooves or on other profiles by devices moving along the flexible profile (hand tools therefor B25B27/0092) · CPC title