Vehicle body manufacturing apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9505090-B2
Application number	US-201514845133-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 3, 2015
Priority date	Sep 4, 2014
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

A vehicle body manufacturing apparatus includes: a jig frame structure in which an upper jig frame out of multiple upper jig frames is replaceably disposed according to a vehicle type; a clamp jig that clamps a work of a vehicle body supported by the jig frame structure; an articulated arm that supports the clamp jig movably relative to the vehicle body; a fitting member provided in the clamp jig; and a fitting receiving member that is provided in the upper jig frame and guides the clamp jig to a predetermined clamp position of the vehicle body by fitting to the fitting member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle body manufacturing apparatus comprising:
a jig frame structure in which at least one of multiple jig frames comprises a replaceable jig frame that is replaceable according to a vehicle type;
at least one clamp jig that clamps a work of a vehicle body supported by the jig frame structure;
an articulated arm that supports the at least one clamp jig movably relative to the vehicle body, the articulated arm attached to the at least one clamp jig at a first end of the at least one clamp jig;
a fitting member provided at a second end of the at least one clamp jig; and
a fitting receiving member that is provided in the replaceable jig frame and guides the at least one clamp jig to a predetermined clamp position of the vehicle body by fitting to the fitting member, the fitting receiving member being shaped such that the fitting member can fixedly attach to the fitting receiving member.

2. The vehicle body manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one clamp jig clamps the work in conjunction with fitting between the fitting member and the fitting receiving member.

3. The vehicle body manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the replaceable jig frame comprises an upper jig frame that is disposed in an upper portion of the jig frame structure.

4. The vehicle body manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the replaceable jig frame comprises an upper jig frame that is disposed in an upper portion of the jig frame structure.

5. The vehicle body manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fitting receiving member is detachably provided in the replaceable jig frame.

6. The vehicle body manufacturing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the fitting receiving member is detachably provided in the replaceable jig frame.

7. The vehicle body manufacturing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the fitting receiving member is detachably provided in the replaceable jig frame.

8. The vehicle body manufacturing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the fitting receiving member is detachably provided in the replaceable jig frame.

9. The vehicle body manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one clamp jig includes:
a clamp jig main body connected to the articulated arm at the first end; and
a clamp lever rockably pivotally supported by the clamp jig main body, the clamp lever having the fitting member provided thereon.

10. The vehicle body manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fitting member is shaped as a protruding portion, and
wherein the fitting receiving member is shaped as a recessed portion.

11. The vehicle body manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fitting member is provided on a portion of the at least one clamp jig that is rockably pivotally supported by the at least one clamp jig.

12. The vehicle body manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the articulated arm is fixedly attached to the at least one clamp jig at the first end, and
wherein the at least one clamp jig includes a portion that is pivotally supported by the at least one clamp jig and includes the fitting member at the second end.

13. The vehicle body manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first end of the at least one clamp jig is further from the fitting receiving member than the second end of the at least one clamp jig.

14. The vehicle body manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fitting member mates to the fitting receiving member.

15. The vehicle body manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fitting receiving member is provided in the replaceable jig frame at a position such that the at least one clamp jig is guided to a predetermined clamp position of the vehicle body when the fitting member provided on the at least one clamp jig contacts the fitting receiving member.

16. The vehicle body manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fitting receiving member is provided on the replaceable jig frame in a position facing the fitting member.

17. The vehicle body manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fitting member is shaped as a V-shape protrusion, and
wherein the second fitting member is shaped as a V-shaped groove.

18. The vehicle body manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one clamp jig includes a movable part having the fitting member disposed thereon.

19. The vehicle body manufacturing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fitting member is shaped as a protruding portion, and
wherein the fitting receiving member is shaped as a recessed portion such that the protruding portion shape of the fitting member mates with the recessed portion.

Assignees

• Fuji Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Sakamoto Noboru

Classifications

• B23K2101/006

  Vehicles · CPC title

• B23K2103/04

  Steel {or steel} alloys · CPC title

• B23K11/315

  with one electrode moving on a linear path · CPC title

• B23K37/0443

  Jigs · CPC title

• B23K11/115

  by means of two electrodes placed opposite one another on both sides of the welded parts · CPC title