Patent ID: 6073330
Filing Date: 2000-06-13
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
Mechanism for positioning a pair of hinges on an automobile body adjacent to a door opening, comprising:a hinge-support fixture movable to a predetermined position on an automobile body;means for releasably locating said fixture in the predetermined position; andmeans for clamping said fixture to an automobile body, after the fixture has been located in the predetermined position;said fixture locating means comprising a front peg assembly and a rear peg assembly, said peg assemblies comprising individual pegs insertable into spaced locator openings on an automobile body;one of said peg assemblies comprising a rotary turntable mounted on said fixture, and plural pegs carried by said turntable;a power actuator for rotating said turntable to different selected positions wherein different ones of said pegs can be inserted into different locator openings in different automobile style bodies; andmeans for locking said turntable in selected positions of adjustments; said locking means comprising a powered lock pin and plural angularly-spaced lock openings in the turntable selectively registerable with said powered lock pin, a powered locator pin and plural angularly-spaced sockets in said turntable selectively registerable with said powered locator pins;each lock opening having a mouth that converges in the direction of lock pin insertion; each socket having a mouth that converges in the direction of locator pin insertion;the lock opening mouth diameter being appreciable less than the socket mouth diameter, whereby the locator pin is enabled to rotate the turntable to positions wherein the lock pin has precision alignment with a selected lock opening.