Patent ID: 8161651

Claim:
An assembly line for assembling a door-trim assembly in which resin-made door-trim parts are fixed to a resin-made door-trim base, said assembly line comprising: means for temporarily installing resin-made door-trim parts and deformable members associated therewith on a resin-made door-trim base at a section for temporary installation; plural supporting means for movably supporting respective attachments, each attachment having a function of deforming a corresponding deformable member, and for moving said attachments to oppose, approach, and retract from the corresponding deformable member, wherein the function of the respective attachments supported by the plurality of supporting means of deforming a deformable member includes generating ultrasonic waves, deforming an engageable pawl, deforming a retainer, or deforming a screw and wherein each supporting means is configured as a unit such that the number of supporting means can be increased or decreased; means for carrying said resin-made door-trim base on which said resin-made door-trim parts and said deformable members associated therewith have been temporarily installed; a first conveying means for conveying said carrying means from the section for temporary installation to said plural supporting means where said resin-made door-trim parts are fixed to said resin-made door-trim base by the deforming function of said attachments of said plural supporting means to form a door-trim assembly; a detaching section for detaching said door-trim assembly from said carrying means; and a second conveying means, for conveying said carrying means from which said door-trim assembly has been detached at the detaching section to said section for temporary installation.