Patent ID: 7677582

Claim:
An apparatus for removing, installing and servicing a vehicular component of a vehicle, including: a carrier device to move said apparatus over a substrate surface, said carrier device including: a substantially U-shaped chassis having a pair of outwardly extending arms extending from an intermediate spine; a wheel provided substantially at the extremity of each arm, and an intermediate wheel positioned below said spine; an actuator associated with one or more of said wheels to rotate said respective wheel and thereby effect movement of said carrier device; and a coupling element associated with said spine of said carrier device; a component handling device releasably attached to said carrier device to receive and support said vehicular component, said component handling device including: a frame to engage with said chassis of said carrier device and which is adapted to provide support to a portion of said vehicular component; and a coupling member to releasably electrically and mechanically couple said component handling device to said spine of said carrier device; and a control unit to provide control signals to control the operation of said actuator(s) to move said carrier device over said substrate surface and to control movement of said component handling device.