Patent ID: 7225914
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: B62D

Abstract:
1. A combination of a body side of an automotive vehicle and an overhead type transfer apparatus for transferring the body side which is supported so that a front-to-rear direction of the body side coincides with a transfer direction of the body side, comprising: a hanger having a plurality of support members; wherein the body side includes a side sill lower portion, at least one of a rear pillar and an adjacent portion of the rear pillar, and a front side arch portion of a rear wheel house of the body side; wherein the plurality of support members are adapted to support the side sill lower portion of the body side, the rear pillar or the adjacent portion of the rear pillar, and the front side arch portion of the rear wheel house of the body side, respectively; wherein the hanger is adapted to support the body side in a posture inclining inboard of the body side and declining toward a rear end of the body side; and wherein the hanger is adapted so that the body side is urged only by its own weight against the support members so as to be positioned and supported by the support members.