Panel hemming device and a method of hemming using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11097328-B2
Application number	US-201916423970-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 28, 2019
Priority date	Dec 5, 2018
Publication date	Aug 24, 2021
Grant date	Aug 24, 2021

Abstract

A panel hemming device includes: a fixing die on which a panel is placed and having a supporting surface stepped upward to be parallel with an end of the panel; a hemming shaft having a first side coupled to a tool and having a second side to which a hemming roller, which contacts a top of the supporting surface when fixed to the fixing die, is coupled; a rotary shaft having a first side coupled to the first side of the hemming shaft to receive torque and having a second side, which contacts a bottom of the fixing die when fixed to the fixing die; and a case supporting an outer surface of the hemming shaft disposed through the case and coupled to a first end of the rotary shaft such that the rotary shaft can rotate upward or downward with respect to the first end.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A panel hemming device comprising:
a fixing die on which a panel is placed and that has a supporting surface stepped upward to be parallel with an end of the panel;
a hemming shaft having a first side coupled to a tool and having a second side to which a hemming roller, which comes in contact with a top of the supporting surface when fixed to the fixing die, is coupled;
a rotary shaft disposed in parallel with the hemming shaft, having a first side coupled to the first side of the hemming shaft to receive torque, and having a second side coming in contact with a bottom of the fixing die when fixed to the fixing die; and
a case supporting an outer surface of the hemming shaft disposed through the case and coupled to the first side of the rotary shaft such that the rotary shaft can rotate clockwise and counter-clockwise with respect to the first side of the rotary shaft,
wherein the hemming roller has a contact portion formed at a portion of the outer surface of the hemming roller that comes in contact with the top of the supporting surface when fixed to the fixing die and has a hemming portion formed at a portion of the outer surface of the hemming roller that comes in contact with an end of the panel situated opposite of the contact portion,
wherein a guide groove extending in parallel with the end of the panel is formed on the supporting surface of the fixing die, and
wherein a guide protrusion circumferentially extending is formed on the contact portion of the hemming roller so that, when fixed, the guide protrusion is inserted in the guide groove, thereby guiding the hemming roller.

2. The panel hemming device of claim 1 , wherein the hemming roller is an acute roller of which the hemming portion decreases in diameter as it goes away from the hemming shaft, a plane roller of which the hemming portion has the same diameter as the contact portion, or a stepped roller of which the hemming portion is stepped with respect to the contact portion to have a larger diameter than the contact portion.

3. The panel hemming device of claim 1 , wherein a rotary roller that generates friction force for hemming between the rotary shaft and the fixing die in contact with the bottom of the fixing die when fixed is formed at the second side of the rotary shaft.

4. The panel hemming device of claim 1 , wherein a first gear having outer teeth on an outer surface is formed at the first side of the hemming shaft, and
wherein a second gear having outer teeth on an outer surface to be engaged with the first gear is formed at the first side of the rotary shaft, so the hemming shaft and the rotary shaft are engaged with each other.

5. The panel hemming device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a coupler in which a first through-hole is formed at an upper portion such that the hemming shaft is disposed through the first through-hole and a second through-hole is formed at a lower portion such that the rotary shaft is disposed through the second through-hole, wherein the first through-hole or the second through-hole vertically extends such that the hemming shaft or the rotary shaft vertically slides; and
a pressing member combined with the coupler to press the hemming shaft and the rotary shaft toward each other.

6. The panel hemming device of claim 5 , wherein the pressing member is a pressing bolt that is combined with the coupler and presses the hemming shaft and the rotary shaft toward each other in the first through-hole or the second through-hole by rotating with respect to the coupler.

7. The panel hemming device of claim 5 , wherein the pressing member presses the hemming shaft and the rotary shaft toward each other in the first through-hole or the second through-hole.

8. The panel hemming device of claim 1 , wherein the tool coupled to the first side of the hemming shaft is an impactor that applies impact with torque.

9. A method of hemming using a panel hemming device, the hemming device comprising:
a fixing die on which a panel is placed and that has a supporting surface stepped upward to be parallel with an end of the panel;
a hemming shaft having a first side coupled to a tool and having a second side to which a hemming roller, which comes in contact with a top of the supporting surface when fixed to the fixing die, is coupled;
a rotary shaft disposed in parallel with the hemming shaft, having a first side coupled to the first side of the hemming shaft to receive torque, and having a second side coming in contact with a bottom of the fixing die when fixed to the fixing die; and
a case supporting an outer surface of the hemming shaft disposed through the case and coupled to the first side of the rotary shaft such that the rotary shaft can rotate clockwise and counter-clockwise with respect to the first side of the rotary shaft,
wherein the hemming roller has a contact portion formed at a portion of the outer surface of the hemming roller that comes in contact with the top of the supporting surface when fixed to the fixing die and has a hemming portion formed at a portion of the outer surface of the hemming roller that comes in contact with an end of the panel situated opposite of the contact portion,
wherein a guide groove extending in parallel with the end of the panel is formed on the supporting surface of the fixing die, and
wherein a guide protrusion circumferentially extending is formed on the contact portion of the hemming roller so that, when fixed, the guide protrusion is inserted in the guide groove, thereby guiding the hemming roller, and
the method comprising:
a pre-hemming step in which an acute roller is the hemming roller of which a hemming portion decreases in diameter as it goes away from the hemming shaft, and is coupled to the hemming shaft to be driven by the tool;
a flat hemming step in which a plane roller is the hemming roller of which the hemming portion has the same diameter as a contact portion, and is coupled to the hemming shaft to be driven by the tool; and
a curl hemming step in which a stepped roller is the hemming roller of which the hemming portion is stepped with respect to the contact portion to have a larger diameter than the contact portion, and is coupled to the hemming shaft to be driven by the tool.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein in the pre-hemming step, the flat hemming step, and the curl hemming step, the hemming roller or the rotary shaft is pressed such that the contact portion and a rotary roller are pressed toward each other with the contact portion of the hemming roller in contact with the top of the supporting surface and the rotary roller at a second side of the rotary roller in contact with the bottom of the fixing die.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Chung Woo Jin
• Hur Myeon Gi

Classifications

• B29L2031/3055

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