Joint guarantee system for vehicle assembly and control method of the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9242686-B2
Application number	US-201314107853-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 16, 2013
Priority date	Jun 14, 2013
Publication date	Jan 26, 2016
Grant date	Jan 26, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed is a joint guarantee system for vehicle assembly. The disclosed joint guarantee system for vehicle assembly manages a joining history of a joined component joined to a plurality of join points of a joining target, and includes: i) a tool detecting unit installed at a joining tool for joining the joined component to the joining target, and configured to detect movement displacements and angles of the joining tool for the join points based on a zero point of the joining tool; ii) a tool controller configured to receive a joining completion signal of the joining tool for each join point, and transmit a movement displacement value, an angle value, and a joint value for each join point of the joining tool detected by the tool detecting unit; and iii) a main controller configured to determine joining operation patterns for the join points based on the movement displacement value of the joining tool obtained from the tool controller.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A joint guarantee system for vehicle assembly for managing a joining history of a joined component joined to a plurality of join points of a joining target, the joint guarantee system comprising:
a tool detecting unit installed at a joining tool for joining the joined component to the joining target, and configured to detect movement displacements and angles of the joining tool for the join points based on a zero point of the joining tool;
a tool controller configured to receive a joining completion signal of the joining tool for each join point, and transmit a movement displacement value, an angle value, and a joint value for the each join point of the joining tool detected by the tool detecting unit; and
a main controller configured to determine joining operation patterns for the join points based on the movement displacement value of the joining tool obtained from the tool controller.

2. The joint guarantee system of claim 1 , wherein the main controller recognizes a joining operation route corresponding to the joining operation pattern by comparing the joining operation pattern with a plurality of predetermined different joining operation routes.

3. The joint guarantee system of claim 2 , wherein the main controller sequentially records a joint value of the joining tool for each join point according to the joining operation pattern.

4. The joint guarantee system of claim 1 , wherein the main controller outputs an alarm for a join point having joining defects when the joint value of the joining tool for each join point does not meet a predetermined reference value.

5. The joint guarantee system of claim 1 , wherein when a joining completion signal for a first join point is received through the tool controller, the main controller sets the joining completion signal as the zero point of the joining tool.

6. The joint guarantee system of claim 5 , wherein the tool controller transmits the movement displacement of the joining tool to the main controller until a joining completion signal for each next-order join point is received.

7. The joint guarantee system of claim 1 , wherein the tool controller transmits the angle value of the joining tool for the each join point to the main controller at a moment at which the tool controller receives the joining completion signal of the joining tool.

8. The joint guarantee system of claim 7 , wherein the main controller determines whether the each join point has a joining error by comparing the joining operation pattern and the angle value of the joining tool.

9. The joint guarantee system of claim 1 , wherein the tool detecting unit includes:
an acceleration sensor configured to detect an acceleration value of moving three axes according to the movement displacement of the joining tool in real time, and output a detection signal to the tool controller, and
an angle sensor configured to detect an angle of the joining tool at the each join point and output a detection signal to the tool controller.

10. The joint guarantee system of claim 9 , wherein the acceleration sensor and the angle sensor are mounted to the joining tool through a mounting bracket.

11. A method of controlling a joint guarantee system for vehicle assembly, comprising:
providing the joint guarantee system for the vehicle assembly of claim 1 comprising the tool detecting unit, the tool controller, and the main controller;
detecting the movement displacements and angles of the joining tool for the join points through the tool detecting unit based on the zero point of the joining tool, and outputting a detection signal to the tool controller;
obtaining the movement displacement value, the angle value, and the joint value for the each join point of the joining tool from the tool controller; and
determining the joining operation patterns for the join points based on the movement displacement values of the joining tool.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
detecting an acceleration of moving three axes according to the movement displacements of the joining tool through an acceleration sensor of the tool detecting unit; and
detecting an angle of the joining tool by an angle sensor of the tool detecting unit.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
recognizing a joining operation route corresponding to the joining operation pattern by comparing the joining operation pattern with a plurality of predetermined different joining operation routes.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
sequentially recording the joint value of the joining tool for the each join point according to the joining operation pattern.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
transmitting the joint value of the joining tool matched to the each join point to a subsequent repair process.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
when the joint value of the joining tool for the each join point does not meet a predetermined reference value in the subsequent repair process, outputting an alarm for a join point having joining defects.

17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
when a joining completion signal for a first join point is received from the tool controller, setting the joining completion signal as a zero point of the joining tool.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
recording the movement displacement of the joining tool until a joining completion signal for each next-order join point is received from the tool controller.

19. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
recording an angle value of the joining tool for the each join point at a moment where the joining completion signal of the joining tool is received through the tool controller.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:
determining whether the each join point has a joining error by comparing the joining operation pattern and the angle value of the joining tool.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Jaehyun

Classifications

• B62D65/02 Primary

  Joining sub-units or components to, or positioning sub-units or components with respect to, body shell or other sub-units or components · CPC title

• B25B21/00

  Portable power-driven screw or nut setting or loosening tools; (details or components, e.g. casings, bodies, of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operation performed B25F5/00; {for mounting or dismounting wheels B60B29/006}); Attachments for drilling apparatus serving the same purpose (machines B23P19/06) · CPC title

• B23P19/06 Primary

  Screw or nut setting or loosening machines · CPC title

• B25B23/147

  specially adapted for electrically operated wrenches or screwdrivers · CPC title

• Y10T29/53061

  Responsive to work or work-related machine element · CPC title