US4589199A
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Apparatus for assembling a door on a vehicle body
Assignee: Honda Motor Co Ltd
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Filing: 1985-05-16
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Granted: 1986-05-20
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Expires: 2005-05-16
Abstract
Abstract An apparatus including a set jig for setting and positioning a door into a door opening portion of a vehicle body which jig is movable to advance and retreat in the direction of the door opening portion and movable in the vehicle length and height directions from a predetermined original point position (corresponding to a normal set position of the door opening) and a position detecting mechanism for detecting deviation in position of the door opening from the normal set position and for adjusting the alignment of the set jig in accordance with the deviation to have it correspond with the actual position of the door opening portion prior to the set jig advancing to set the door.
Inventors
- 👤 Keizaburo Ohtaki
- 👤 Ryo Niikawa
- 👤 Masahide Kondou
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 10:17
CPC Classifications
B; B62; B62D; B62D65/00; B62D65/02; B62D65/06; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S29/00; Y10S29/044; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49764; Y10T29/49771; Y10T29/49826; Y10T29/49828; Y10T29/49829; Y10T29/49831; Y10T29/49998; Y10T29/51; Y10T29/5191; Y10T29/5196; Y10T29/53; Y10T29/53039; Y10T29/53048; Y10T29/53052; Y10T29/53061; Y10T29/534; Y10T29/53435; Y10T29/53539; Y10T29/53543; Y10T29/53548
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
200 words
An apparatus for assembling a door for a vehicle wherein a set jig for positioning and setting thereon a door is provided on a side portion of an assembling station, and the set jig is arranged to be movable to advance toward and retreat from a door opening portion of a vehicle body set on the assembling station so that the door may be assembled with the door opening portion by an advance movement of the set jig, the apparatus characterized in that the set jig is so arranged as to be movable in the vehicle length direction and in the vehicle height direction by respective driving sources from a predetermined original point position thereof corresponding to a normal set position of the door opening portion, and in that there is provided a position detecting means for detecting a deviation in position of the door opening portion from the normal set position thereof so that the original point position of the set jig may be compensated, before the advance movement of the set jig, in accordance with the deviation in position of the door opening portion by operating the respective driving sources by a signal outputted from the detecting means.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
200 words
An apparatus for assembling a door for a vehicle wherein a set jig for positioning and setting thereon a door is provided on a side portion of an assembling station, and the set jig is arranged to be movable to advance toward and retreat from a door opening portion of a vehicle body set on the assembling station so that the door may be assembled with the door opening portion by an advance movement of the set jig, the apparatus characterized in that the set jig is so arranged as to be movable in the vehicle length direction and in the vehicle height direction by respective driving sources from a predetermined original point position thereof corresponding to a normal set position of the door opening portion, and in that there is provided a position detecting means for detecting a deviation in position of the door opening portion from the normal set position thereof so that the original point position of the set jig may be compensated, before the advance movement of the set jig, in accordance with the deviation in position of the door opening portion by operating the respective driving sources by a signal outputted from the detecting means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
160 words
An apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the position detecting means comprises a detecting means main body which is provided on a side portion of the assembling station and movable to advance and retreat in the vehicle width direction; a first rotary member having a shaft extending longitudinally in either one of the vehicle length direction and the vehicle height direction and being pivotally mounted through the shaft on the main body; a secondary rotary member having a shaft extending longitudinally in the other of the vehicle length direction and the vehicle height direction and being pivotally mounted through its shaft on the first rotary member; a feeler needle to be brought into engagement with a reference opening made in a proper position of a side surface of the vehicle body attached to the secondary rotary member; and respective angle detecting means associated with the respective shafts of the two rotary members for detecting rotation angles of those shafts.
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