Vehicle final assembly line and vehicle final assembly method
US-2024270337-A1 · Aug 15, 2024 · US
Vehicle body assembly line and method for assembling vehicle body
US8959751B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-8959751-B2 |
| Application number | US-201213542209-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Jul 5, 2012 |
| Priority date | Apr 14, 2011 |
| Publication date | Feb 24, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 2015 |
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Doors D (collectively representing doors D 1 and D 2 ) are removed from a vehicle body W, and are mounted to door holders 4 which are put laterally outside a base 2 . While a carrier 1 is conveyed downstream with the door holders 4 kept holding the doors D and put outside the base 2 in the lateral directions, and, components are assembled to the doors D. Thereafter, the doors D to which the components are assembled are removed from the door holders 4 , and are mounted to the vehicle body W.
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What is claimed is: 1. A vehicle-body assembly line comprising: a carrier comprising: a base for placing a vehicle body; and a door holder fixed integrally to the base and being movable transversely between an inside of the base and an outside of the base for holding a door for the vehicle body, the carrier being conveyed downstream with the vehicle body placed on the base for mounting a vehicle component to the vehicle body during the conveying of the carrier; a vehicle-body-do…
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- What does patent US8959751B2 cover?
- Doors D (collectively representing doors D 1 and D 2 ) are removed from a vehicle body W, and are mounted to door holders 4 which are put laterally outside a base 2 . While a carrier 1 is conveyed downstream with the door holders 4 kept holding the doors D and put outside the base 2 in the lateral directions, and, components are assembled to the doors D. Thereafter, the doors D to whi…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Shimizu Kenji, Honda Motor Co Ltd
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification B62D65/18. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Feb 24 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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- We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).