Patent ID: 7165309
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: B23K,B23P,B23Q,B62K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for assembling a plurality of different frames on a single assembly line comprising the steps of: locating a pallet in at least one workstation along a path of travel defining an assembly line; rotatably supporting at least one fixture on the pallet for movement along the path of travel of the assembly line, the at least one fixture having a non-vertical axis of rotation; receiving components of a frame to be assembled in fixed relationship to one another in the at least one fixture supported on the pallet for movement along the path of travel of the assembly line; orienting the components supported in the at least one fixture in different angular orientations about the non-vertical axis of rotation for processing along the path of travel of the assembly line; locking each of the at least one rotatable fixture supported on the pallet in a desired angular orientation with respect to the pallet during at least some portions of processing along the path of travel of the assembly line and moving the pallet with the at least one fixture supported thereon and the components supported on the at least one fixture along the path of travel of the assembly line.