Patent ID: 7874058

Claim:
An automotive body transfer method for handing over a body between a transfer mechanism and a stationary assembly station in an automobile production process, the method comprising the steps of: supporting one longitudinal half of each of front and rear pairs of left and right jack-up brackets formed in lower parts of left and right side sills of the body by the transfer mechanism, moving the body towards the stationary assembly station using the transfer mechanism, lowering the body on a supporting platform of the transfer mechanism, placing the body on the stationary assembly station, thereby transferring the body to the stationary assembly station, supporting the other longitudinal half of each of the jack-up brackets by a component of the stationary assembly station, positioning the body in the stationary assembly station, assembling a component part on the vehicle body at the stationary assembly station, and taking the body away from the stationary assembly station with the transfer mechanism.