IP Library Granted Patent US 9,003,622
Granted Patent B2
US 9,003,622 · App. 13/150,617 · Granted Apr 14, 2015

Complete body assembling apparatus for various vehicle models

Inventors: Seon Woo Kweon (Ulsan, KR); In Hyup Im (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
B62D33/06B23K31/02B23K37/0235B23K37/0435B23K37/047B23K2201/18
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Patent No.
US 9,003,622
App. No.
13/150,617
Granted
Apr 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for assembling a front panel, a plurality of side panels, a back panel, and a roof panel in a complete body assembly line for various vehicles. The complete body assembling apparatus realizes a new type of a coupling apparatus by which hangers for vehicle models are held in a post buck in a complete body line for a vehicle and the post buck is flexibly movable depending on the changes in various vehicle models. This in turn, allows various vehicle models to be produced in a single process by flexibly coping with various vehicle models and enhancing the efficiency of an entire complete body assembling process.

Claims (5)

1. An assembling apparatus for various vehicle models comprising:

four hangers that couple four panels, respectively, to the apparatus on four different sides of the apparatus, the hangers being in the form of frame structures corresponding in shape to the panels, wherein the panels are mounted on the hangers; and

a post buck including a base where the hangers are coupled, and at least four different posts installed on the base in a rectangular arrangement, each of the four different posts having a clamping unit for fixing the hangers to each post respectively, wherein two of the four different posts are movable in a forward and backward direction,

wherein the hangers are assembled together on four different sides using the at least four different posts to couple the panels on the hangers, and wherein the panels are loaded to or unloaded from the post buck via one or more robots.

2. The body assembling apparatus of claim 1 , wherein two back posts of the at least four different posts are adjacent to each other and move forward and backward by a driving force of a servo motor and driving force of a ball screw while the two back posts are being slidably guided by an LM guide on the base.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2011
From: KWEON, SEON WOO; IM, JI HYUP
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-0121518 · Dec 1, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120137490A1 · Jun 7, 2012