Patent ID: 6915571

Claim:
An automobile assembly system for assembling plural types of automobiles, including a type equipped with front doors, rears doors, a slide door a tailgate, comprising: a main line configured to receive, on an upstream section of the main line, a vehicle body having attached thereto front doors and at least one of a rear door, a slide door and a tailgate; a front door sub-line for assembling front door assemblies, wherein said front door sub-line is configured to receive front doors that have been removed from the vehicle body disposed on the main line, and wherein said front door sub-line is configured for assembly of subparts to the front door to create the front door assemblies; and a rear door sub-line for assembling at least one of rear door assemblies and slide door assemblies, wherein said rear door sub-line is configured to receive at least one of the rear door and the slide door that have been removed from the vehicle body disposed on the main line, and wherein said rear door sub-line is configured for assembly of subparts to at least one of the rear door and slide door to create the rear door assemblies, wherein the main line is further configured to assemble said front door assemblies with a vehicle body and to assemble said rear door assemblies or said slide door assemblies with a vehicle body.