Patent ID: 7376473

Claim:
An automatic LPG tank insertion apparatus for an automobile, comprising: a rotary column provided with a lift body; a support arm mounted to the lift body; a rotating plate rotatably mounted to an end of the support arm; means for selectively clamping the rotating plate to an LPG tank; means for adjusting yaw, pitch, and roll of the rotating plate; a trunk opening area measuring device; an automobile model detecting sensor; and a control computer, in which trunk opening areas of various automobile models measured by the trunk opening area measuring device, and sizes of LPG tanks of various automobile models are input, so that the control computer identifies a model of an automobile and adjusts the means for adjusting yaw, pitch, and roll of the rotating plate such that the LPG tank is oriented in a position allowing the LPG tank to be inserted into a trunk of the automobile without interference.