Screw fastening device and screw fastening method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11344982
APP PUB NO 20200122279A1
SERIAL NO

16656989

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A screw fastening apparatus for fastening a screw member having a bearing surface with respect to a member to be fastened by rotating the screw member from a theoretical seating point to a target rotational angle, including a rotational angle sensor which senses rotational angle values of the screw member for fastening the screw member, a torque detector which detects torque values for fastening the screw member, a torque value difference detector which detects a plurality of torque value differences, each of the torque value differences is a difference of the torque values detected at intervals of a constant rotational angle, a slip detector which detects a slip of the screw member with respect to the member to be fastened, from an average of the torque value differences, and a screw fastening discontinuing unit which instructs to discontinue the screw fastening when the slip is detected by the slip detector.

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  • SUBARU CORPORATION; SANYO MACHINE WORKS, LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Miyago, Masazumi Tokyo, JP 3 0
Ryota, Hisashi Aichi, JP 4 3
Urata, Kohtaro Aichi, JP 1 0

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