Patent ID: 8365381

Claim:
A system for mounting vehicle closure members on a vehicle body comprising: a vision station for sensing the location of a vehicle body within the vision station and for sensing the position of a coordination formation of the vehicle body and the positions of spaced opening extremity locations of a closure member opening of the vehicle body; a hinge station that receives the closure member and a hinge and mounts a closure member hinge plate of the hinge on the closure member and also forms a coordination formation on a vehicle body hinge plate of the hinge at a location controlled by the sensing performed at the vision station; and a closure member mounting station to which the vehicle body and the closure member with the hinge mounted thereon are moved and at which the coordination formation of the vehicle body hinge plate is positioned with respect to the coordination formation of the vehicle body to provide positioning of the closure member with respect to the vehicle body opening for mounting of the closure member hinge plate on the vehicle body.