Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127423 | Roller hemming system A roller hemming system for hemming nested panels includes a single hemming workstation providing for tooling exchange operations simultaneous with hemming operations. A plurality of robots that perform tooling exchange at the hemming workstation, movement of nested... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8028559 | Flying roller hemming anvil process A roller hemming system for edge hemming vehicle closures from nested metal panels includes an anvil robot moveably supporting a hemming anvil having a working surface, a clamping spider cooperable with the anvil robot for clamping the nested metal panels on the wor... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024955 | Part in die, die change process A die change method includes providing a press apparatus having a base and a ram, and a first die set including an upper die member and a lower die member. The lower die member is supported on the base and the upper die member is mounted on the ram. The ram is lower... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7987689 | Wheelhouse hemming apparatus and method A robotic wheelhouse hemming apparatus includes a base. A multi-axis robot is mounted on the base. The robot includes an arm. A roller hemming head is mounted on an end of the arm for roller hemming. A slide mechanism is mounted for multi-directional movement on the... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7774928 | Robotic pallet drive arrangement in a robotic roller hemming system A robotic pallet drive arrangement in a robotic roller hemming system including a track and a plurality of pallets movable on the track. The arrangement also includes a robot having an arm adapted for engagement with the pallets. Movement of the robot arm while the ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7721585 | Integrated sheet metal forming, assembly and inspection system An integrated forming, assembly and inspection system includes a plurality of robotic material conveyors. The integrated system also includes a forming subsystem including sheet metal drawing apparatus, a roller hemming subsystem, and an inspection subsystem. The pl... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7657984 | Robot positioned welding tip dresser A robot positioned welding tip dresser assembly includes a pivot arm pivotally mountable on a welding gun apparatus. The pivot arm is pivotal about a pivot point. A welding tip dresser is mounted on a distal end of the pivot arm. A first retaining tab extends from t... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7258029 | Device for connecting together a roller screw and roller nut assembly to a stationary and moving member A device for connecting together a vertically disposed roller screw and roller nut assembly to a stationary member and moving member includes a bearing housing attached onto a fixed end of the roller screw. The bearing house includes at least one bearing and two bea... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7237416 | Robotic turntable drive arrangement in a robotic roller hemming system A robotic turntable drive arrangement in a robotic roller hemming system includes a turntable having a top plate and a lower frame. The top plate is rotatable about the lower frame. The turntable further includes a plurality of lock positions. The arrangement also i... | 07/03/2007 |
