ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,641, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Hemming apparatus" was invented by Hong Gao (Shanghai), Chunmei Fan (Shanghai), Xiaozhou Ziang (Shanghai), Fanhui Zhang (Shanghai) and Hongyu Wang (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hemming apparatus having a hemming die that includes a seat configured to support a first panel and a second panel relative to one another; a hemming bed positioned between the seat and an outer periphery of the hemming die; and a reference surface between the hemming bed and outer periphery of the hemming device, wherein a robot is configured to move the roller about the o...