A METHOD FOR OPERATING A TORQUE SYSTEM CONFIGURED TO TIGHTEN A SERIES OF FASTENERS

Patent №

US 7,984,657

Granted

2011-07-26

Filed 2006

Owner

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Lab

AI components

1

vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

11561040

A wireless-enabled tightening system for fasteners is disclosed. The system includes a visual designator configured to project an indicator onto a workpiece. The system also includes a torque wrench comprising a wireless transmitter and a means for identifying whether the correct torque has been applied to a fastener on the workpiece and configured to provide a feedback for a user. The system also includes a camera configured to capture an image of the workpiece when an appropriate amount of torque has been applied to the fastener. The system further includes a microprocessor for determining sequence of the fastener and identifying the tightened fastener.

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AI classification

Vision0.62
Natural language0.01
Knowledge representation0.00
Machine learning0.00
AI hardware0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Planning0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

assignment · 185320479

Assignors

DEROSE, LYNN ANN, BENNETT, JANET SUE, BRATTON, JAMES NELSON, CIMINI, MICHAEL ORLANDO, FORMAN, DOUGLAS ROY, GOOD, BRANDON STEPHEN, INTRATOR, MORGAN FREDRIC, LAPIERRE, LEE ROY, RICHARDSON, GREGORY ALAN, YOUNG, CRAIG DOUGLAS

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