Patent ID: 7930823

Claim:
A cell for use in the automated assembly of parts of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, the cell comprising: a fixed supporting structure defining an assembly station; a conveying device for feeding a to be assembled engine into the assembly station for the purpose of assembling thereon one or more accessory elements and for sending the engine out of the assembly station once the assembly operations are completed; means for referencing in position and supporting the engine in the assembly station; manipulator means moveably mounted on the supporting structure for execution of the assembly operations on the engine that is in the assembly station wherein said manipulator means are operable for simultaneous assembly of a plurality of assembly elements associated with various cylinders on said engine and said manipulator means are adjustable for varying the distance between the positions of said elements to adapt to engines having different values of the distance between centers of the engine cylinders; and at least two engagement members, each engagement member connected proximate to an end of a rocker arm mounted articulated on a substantially horizontal plate, each engagement member and rocker arm operable to be positioned at different distances apart from one another each adapted to correspond to a respective cylinder of the engine, wherein the at least two engagement members are adapted to simultaneously engage a selected number of assembly elements to be assembled on the engine.