Patent ID: 6438842
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
Method for framing a car body from a plurality of separate body components, said method comprising:attaching a bottom plate of the car body to a bottom plate support means; bringing at least a part of the separate body components into engagement with the bottom plate by means of a robot or similar apparatus; preassembling said body components relative to the bottom plate and/or relative to each other so that a preassembled car body having an external shape of the car body becomes achieved; forming a support means from a plurality of separate support elements for supporting said preassembled car body such that at least a part of said support elements is brought into engagement with said bottom plate support means and/or another support elements by means of a robot or similar apparatus; and clamping the support elements to each other in order to form a support means net, wherein the forming of the support means net is accomplished such that each of the support elements is clamped either to at least two other support elements and to said bottom plate support means or to at least three other support elements by means of locking unit means provided in said support elements.