Patent ID: 6339874
Filing Date: 2002-01-22
Classification: B23P,B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
An assembling apparatus assembling a body side of an automotive vehicle comprising:a moving body provided in a transfer line; a clamp device mounted to the moving body fixing and positioning a body side outer in an upright position wherein the body side outer is fixed in such a manner that a roof rail end of the body side outer is positioned substantially above a side sill end of the body side outer, the body side outer being constructed from a front part and a rear fender part; an assembling robot disposed in a side of the transfer line, the assembling robot assembling the body side by connecting the body side outer positioned by the clamp device, a positioning jig disposed in one side of the transfer line advancing toward the front part and the rear fender part positioned on the transfer line, the positioning jig positioning each of the parts from the one side; and a work set robot disposed in the opposite side of the transfer line to the positioning jig, the work set robot setting inner parts to the front part and the rear fender part, wherein the clamp device comprises a saw tooth-shaped flange receiver defining a plurality of concave receiving portions provided on the moving body; and wherein the flange receiver extends in a lateral direction perpendicular to a transfer direction of the transfer line to receive a flange lower end of the rear fender part closer to a rear end of the body side of the automotive vehicle than the side sill end of the body side outer.