Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Assembling or joining
Patent
1990-03-26
1992-01-14
Eley, Timothy V.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Assembling or joining
29431, 295272, 29771, 29783, 29787, 29791, B23P 1900, G05B 1942
Patent
active
050798227
ABSTRACT:
An automotive body and body panels such as an engine hood, a trunk lid, and doors are assembled together along an assembling line. The automotive body with the body panels removably installed thereon and a feed jig on which the body panels can removably be installed thereon, are alternately fed along a first feed path. Then, the body panels are removed from the automotive body while they are being fed along the first feed path and the body panels are installed on the feed jig which is fed upstream of the automotive body along the first feed path. The automotive body from which the body panels have been removed and the body panels which have been installed on the feed jig are thereafter coated. Thereafter, the coated automotive body and the coated body panels are fed along a second feed path. The body panels are removed from the feed jig while they are being fed along the second feed path and the removed body panels are installed on the automotive body which is also fed along the second feed path. The feed jig is arranged to install the body panels thereon with fasteners which are used to install the body panels on the automotive body.
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Arai Hiroshi
Ozawa Shogo
Shibusawa Kengo
Takeo Tadashi
Yamamoto Toru
Eley Timothy V.
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
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