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Granted Patent B2
US 8,914,964 · App. 13/558,857 · Granted Dec 23, 2014

Hemming working method and working apparatus

Inventors: Eisaku Hasegawa (Tochigi, JP); Yoshiyuki Kinouchi (Tochigi, JP); Noriko Kurimoto (Tochigi, JP); Takeshi Nakamura (Tochigi, JP); Mitsutaka Igaue (Tochigi, JP); Hiroshi Miwa (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
B21D39/021B21D19/043B21D39/023B25J11/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,914,964
App. No.
13/558,857
Granted
Dec 23, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A moving die is held by a robot and made to approach a vehicle, and a positioning pin is inserted into a positioning hole of the vehicle. The moving die is brought into a floating state of being displaceable relative to the vehicle by reducing a force of the robot for maintaining an attitude thereof. In a state of holding the moving die by the robot, a surface of the moving die is brought into contact with the vehicle by an adsorbing mechanism including an adsorbing portion of an elastic member provided to the moving die. The moving die and the robot are cut to be separated.

Claims (8)

1. A hemming working method for carrying out hemming working for a hem portion of a work, comprising:

rotatably supporting a work roller with a rotating shaft to define a work roller rotation axis;

moving the work roller with a moving means to a predetermined position;

rotating the work roller;

moving the work roller along the work roller rotation axis relative to the moving means while hemming working the hem portion of the work in a state that the work roller is in contact with the hem portion of the work;

movably supporting a guide roller with the moving means;

decreasing a distance between the work roller and the guide roller to pinch the work between the work roller and the guide roller; and

moving at least one of the work roller rotation axis and a guide roller rotation axis so as to change a measure of an angle made at a meeting of the work roller rotation axis and the guide roller rotation axis.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2012
From: HASEGAWA, EISAKU; KINOUCHI, YOSHIYUKI; KURIMOTO, NORIKO; NAKAMURA, TAKESHI; IGAUE, MITSUTAKA; MIWA, HIROSHI
To: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028648/0424 →
Priority Claims (9)
JP 2005-350615 · Dec 5, 2005 · national
JP 2005-350619 · Dec 5, 2005 · national
JP 2005-350809 · Dec 5, 2005 · national
JP 2005-350821 · Dec 5, 2005 · national
JP 2005-350884 · Dec 5, 2005 · national
JP 2006-051234 · Feb 27, 2006 · national
JP 2006-066738 · Mar 10, 2006 · national
JP 2006-187582 · Jul 7, 2006 · national
JP 2006-202039 · Jul 25, 2006 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 12096109
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