Vehicle body assembling method and vehicle body assembling device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9371100-B2
Application number	US-201314403328-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2013
Priority date	Jun 4, 2012
Publication date	Jun 21, 2016
Grant date	Jun 21, 2016

Abstract

Provided are a vehicle body assembling method and a vehicle body assembling device that are space-saving and economical. The vehicle body assembling method includes: a first holding step (S 2 ) for holding a floor complete 1 by a first jig 9 ; a second holding step (S 3 ) for holding a roof arch by a second jig; a jig connecting step (S 4 ) for connecting the first jig and the second jig; a third holding step (S 5 ) for holding side inner completes by the first jig and the second jig; and welding steps (S 6 to S 9 ) for forming an inner frame by welding.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle body assembling method for forming an inner frame of a vehicle body by using a floor assembly, side inner assemblies, and a roof arch, comprising:
a first holding step for holding the floor assembly by a first jig in a state in which the floor assembly is positioned at a predetermined holding position;
a second holding step for holding the roof arch by a second jig which has a different body from the first jig in a state in which the roof arch is positioned at a predetermined holding position;
a jig connecting step for connecting the first jig and the second jig so as to mutually position the floor assembly and the roof arch after the first holding step and the second holding step;
a third holding step for holding the side inner assemblies by the first jig and the second jig in a state, in which the side inner assemblies are partly in contact with and positioned with respect to the floor assembly and the roof arch, after the jig connecting step; and
a welding step for connecting the floor assembly, the roof arch, and the side inner assemblies by welding after the third holding step, thereby forming the inner frame, wherein the welding step comprises:
a first welding step for carrying out welding at some of all welding positions;
a second jig retraction step for clearing the holding of the roof arch and the side inner assemblies by the second jig so as to retract the second jig to a predetermined position after the first welding step; and
a second welding step for carrying out welding at remaining welding positions after the second jig retraction step.

2. The vehicle body assembling method according to claim 1 ,
wherein, after the first welding step, the connection between the first jig and the second jig is partly cleared before the second welding step.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fujisaki Akio
• Kojima Hideto
• Ishikawa Yoshio
• Matsukami Yoshitaka

Classifications

• B23K2203/10

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B62D65/026 Primary

  by using a jig or the like; Positioning of the jig · CPC title

• B23K37/047

  moving work to adjust its position between soldering, welding or cutting steps (B23K37/053 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B23K2201/006

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B23K2203/20

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic