Patent ID: 11938616
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A lockbolt swage end effector for use with a robotic manipulator, the end effector comprising:
a lockbolt swage tool;
a frame;
a hydraulic operator carried in the frame;
a connector assembly releasably engaging the hydraulic operator and lockbolt swage tool, the connector assembly comprising a probe assembly extending from the lockbolt swage tool that is removably engageable in a receiver assembly attached to the hydraulic operator wherein the probe assembly comprises:
a probe concentrically insertable into the receiver assembly, the probe having a land and a locking groove;
a probe flange having a top plate fastened to the lockbolt swage tool, the land on the probe abutting the probe flange;
a forward alignment boss extending from the probe flange; and
a core-bolt bushing concentrically housed within the probe;

a two-piece core-bolt operably connecting the lockbolt swage tool and the hydraulic operator through the connector assembly wherein the two-piece core-bolt has a core-bolt shaft and a core-holt receiver, the core-bolt shaft extending from the lockbolt swage tool and the core-bolt receiver extending from the hydraulic operator; and
a connection flange on the frame attaching the frame to the robotic manipulator.