Patent ID: 6427321
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
An automatic vehicle component assembly for assembling a first vehicle component to a second vehicle component apparatus comprising:a stationary base on a floor structure; an elevatable unit supported on and repositionable relative to the base by at least a first actuator; a slidable unit supported on the elevatable unit and repositionable relative to the elevatable unit by a second actuator; an arm supported on the slidable unit and repositionable relative to the slidable unit by a third actuator wherein the arm includes a tooling plate near a terminal end of the arm that engages and supports the weight of the first vehicle component, and the arm is repositionable by a cylinder that extends between the slidable unit and arm; a transfer unit positioned away from the base and movable relative to the base and carrying the first vehicle component; and a conveying unit positioned away from the base and the transfer unit movable relative to the base and the transfer unit and carrying the second vehicle component, wherein the second actuator positions the slidable unit against the second vehicle component and the transfer unit and the arm are cycled so that the first vehicle component is positioned on the arm in a spaced apart and predetermined position relative to the second vehicle component and at least one of the first and third actuators is operated to move the arm and position the first vehicle component on the second vehicle component.