Patent ID: 8819938

Claim:
A panel positioning apparatus ( 1 ) in which an inner panel ( 12 ) is overlaid onto an outer panel ( 11 ) in a vertical direction of the panel positioning apparatus, and a positioning of the outer panel ( 11 ) and the inner panel ( 12 ) with each other is performed, the apparatus comprising: an outer panel supporting device ( 20 ) adapted to support the outer panel ( 11 ) from a lower side of the outer panel ( 11 ) with respect to the vertical direction; and an inner panel supporting device ( 30 ) adapted to support the inner panel ( 12 ) from an upper side of the inner panel ( 12 ) with respect to the vertical direction at a part ( 112 A, 112 B) of the inner panel ( 12 ) other than a peripheral part of the inner panel ( 12 ), wherein the outer panel supporting device ( 20 ) has a lower-surface contact section ( 23 , 26 ) adapted to abut against a lower surface of the outer panel ( 11 ), and wherein the inner panel supporting device ( 30 ) has an upper-surface contact section ( 344 , 364 ) adapted to expose below the inner panel ( 12 ) and to abut against an upper surface of a part of the outer panel ( 12 ) against which the lower-surface contact section ( 23 , 26 ) abuts such that the outer panel ( 11 ) is pinched by the lower-surface contact section ( 23 , 26 ) and the upper-surface contact section ( 344 , 364 ) at a part of the outer panel ( 11 ) other than a peripheral part ( 112 A, 112 B) of the outer panel ( 11 ).