Patent ID: 9061555
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: B60C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An automated method for tire and wheel assembly comprising: acquiring wheel and tire data; generating a mounting protocol based on the wheel and tire data; transferring a wheel into a mounting station; positioning a clamp from an unclamped position to a clamped position for securing the wheel in the mounting station; transferring a tire into the mounting station; positioning a lower present arm from a home position to a bead mount position for locating the tire relative to the wheel; positioning an upper present arm from a home position to a tire hold down position for restricting movement of the tire relative to the wheel; manipulating a mounting head along a tire mounting path based on the mounting protocol for assembling the tire on the wheel; and manipulating at least one of the upper present arm and the lower present arm based on the mounting protocol while the mounting head is manipulated along the tire mounting path.