Metal fusion bonding – Including means to move or guide applicator
Patent
1981-12-11
1984-05-15
Ramsey, Kenneth J.
Metal fusion bonding
Including means to move or guide applicator
228 41, 228 47, 219 80, 219 87, 29568, B23K 3704, B23K 1136, B62D 6500
Patent
active
044483414
ABSTRACT:
Herein disclosed is an automatic vehicle-body assembling apparatus for automatically welding together an engine compartment assembly, a front floor assembly and a rear floor assembly to constitute a vehicle floor structure of an automotive vehicle, each of the engine compartment and front and rear floor assemblies being composed of a plurality of component members, comprising a frame structure, lower and upper working stations including lower and upper carrier means movable in lateral directions of the frame structure, at least two jig assemblies each operative to hold in position the engine compartment and front and rear floor assemblies during each cycle of operation, the jig assemblies being carried on the carrier means of one of the lower and upper working stations, and at least two welding units each operative to weld together the engine compartment and front and rear floor assemblies during each cycle of operation, the jig assemblies being movable in a lateral direction of the frame structure alternately between a predetermined operative position within the frame structure and a predetermined outermost lateral position, the welding units being movable in a lateral direction of the frame structure alternately between a predetermined operative position within the frame structure and a predetermined outermost lateral position.
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Fujikawa Tsuneo
Kamio Kazuyoshi
Takagishi Haruyoshi
Nissan Motor Company Limited
Ramsey Kenneth J.
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