Swivel jig tool for forming burring hole in door inner panel of vehicle and method of operating the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10144047-B2
Application number	US-201615239058-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 17, 2016
Priority date	Nov 4, 2015
Publication date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

A swivel jig tool for forming a burring hole in a door inner panel includes: a jig base; a jig slide moving forward or rearward along an upper surface of the jig base; and a jig driver disposed behind the jig slide and moving downward by its own weight and applying a force to the jig slide to move the jig slide forward. The jig base comprises: an L-shaped fixed jig base movably supporting the jig slide that is in contact with an upper surface of the L-shaped fixed jig base; a connector protruding upward from the L-shaped fixed jig base at a position opposite to a vertical part of the L-shaped fixed jig base, the connector fixing a hinge shaft thereon; and a rotating jig base mounted to the connector by the hinge shaft to rotate around the hinge shaft that is disposed in a horizontal direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A swivel jig tool for forming a burring hole in a door inner panel, the swivel jig tool comprising:
a jig base;
a jig slide moving forward or rearward along an upper surface of the jig base; and
a jig driver disposed behind the jig slide and moving downward by its own weight and applying a force to the jig slide to move the jig slide forward,
wherein the jig base comprises:
an L-shaped fixed jig base movably supporting the jig slide that is in contact with an upper surface of the L-shaped fixed jig base;
a connector protruding upward from the L-shaped fixed jig base at a position opposite to a vertical part of the L-shaped fixed jig base, the connector fixing a hinge shaft thereon; and
a rotating jig base mounted to the connector by the hinge shaft to rotate around the hinge shaft that is disposed in a horizontal direction,
wherein the jig slide comprises:
a jig slide body moving along the upper surface of the jig base by the weight of the jig driver;
a jig pad mounted to a front side of the jig slide body;
a burring punch mounted to a front portion of the jig pad to form the burring hole in the door inner panel as the jig pad moves forward; and
a gas spring installed in a lower end of the jig slide body and rotating the rotating jig base.

2. The swivel jig tool of claim 1 , further comprising:
a backup unit coming into contact with a front surface of the rotating jig base and supporting the rotating jig base when forming the burring hole.

3. The swivel jig tool according to claim 2 , wherein the backup unit comprises:
a support allowing a rear surface thereof to come into contact with the front surface of the rotating jig base.

4. The swivel jig tool according to claim 3 , wherein the backup unit further comprises:
a cylinder unit moving the support downward so that the rear surface of the support is removed from the front surface of the rotating jig base.

5. The swivel jig tool according to claim 3 , wherein the backup unit further comprises:
a cylinder unit moving the support upward so that the rear surface of the support comes into contact with the front surface of the rotating jig base.

6. The swivel jig tool according to claim 5 , wherein the backup unit comprises:
a cylinder-unit damage indicator informing, when the cylinder unit is damaged, the damage of the cylinder unit to a user.

7. The swivel jig tool according to claim 5 , wherein the support and the rotating jig base have inclined surfaces respectively formed on an upper end of the rear surface of the support and a lower end of the front surface of the rotating jig base.

8. The swivel jig tool according to claim 7 , wherein when the cylinder unit moves downward, the inclined surface of the support and the inclined surface of the rotating jig base come into contact with each other.

9. The swivel jig tool according to claim 1 , wherein a center of gravity of the rotating jig base is disposed ahead of the hinge shaft so that the rotating jig base rotates in a direction of gravity when no external force is applied to the jig base.

10. A method of operating a swivel jig tool for forming a burring hole in a door inner panel, the method comprising:
moving a jig driver downward by a force of gravity and moving a jig slide body forward by the jig driver;
operating a gas spring to move forward and rotating a rotating jig base;
operating a cylinder unit and moving a support upward so that a front surface of the rotating jig base is supported by the support;
supporting the door inner panel on the rotating jig base; and
moving a jig pad, which has a burring punch, forward to form the burring hole in the door inner panel.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Seok-June

Classifications

• B21D28/26 Primary

  in sheets or flat parts · CPC title

• B21D28/32

  in other articles of special shape · CPC title

• B21D22/04 Primary

  for dimpling (combined with perforating B21D28/24) · CPC title

• B21D19/08

  by single or successive action of pressing tools, e.g. vice jaws · CPC title

• B21D53/88

  other parts for vehicles, e.g. cowlings, mudguards · CPC title