System and method for assembling car

• US 20020162209A1
• Filed: 05/01/2002
• Published: 11/07/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Matsuo, Kenichi, Hosono, Kouichi
• Granted Patent: US 6,915,571 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 29/430
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 65/06 the sub-units or components being doors, windows, openable roofs, lids, bonnets, or weather strips or seals therefor assembling sealing arrangements with vehicle parts, e.g. doors, windows B60J10/45
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49622 Vehicular structural member making
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49829 Advancing work to successive stations [i.e., assembly line]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53365 Multiple station assembly apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53413 and primary central conveyor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53426 by elastic joining

Abstract

An automobile assembly system 1 for assembling plural types of automobiles including a type equipped with a slide door and/or a tailgate, comprising: a front door sub-line 7 for assembling front door assemblies; a rear door sub-line 8 for assembling rear door assemblies or slide door assemblies; a tailgate sub-line 9 for assembling tailgate assemblies; and a main line for assembling the front door assembly, the rear door assembly or the slide door assembly and the tailgate assembly with a vehicle body F.

Claims

1. An automobile assembly system for assembling plural types of automobiles including a type equipped with a slide door and/or a tailgate, comprising:

a front door sub-line for assembling front door assemblies;

a rear door sub-line for assembling rear door assemblies or slide door assemblies; and

a main line for assembling said front door assembly with a vehicle body and for assembling said rear door assembly or said slide door assembly with a vehicle body.

2. An automobile assembly system according to claim 1, wherein the automobile assembly system further comprises a tailgate sub-line for assembling tailgate assemblies, and wherein said tailgate assembly is assembled with a vehicle body in the main line.

3. An automobile assembly system according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein excess man-hours at the main line or at the rear door sub-line are distributed to man-hours required for assembling said tailgate assemblies.

4. A method of assembling plural types of automobiles including a type equipped with a slide door and/or a tailgate, comprising steps for:

a front door assembling step for assembling front door assemblies in a front door sub-line;

a rear door assembling step for assembling rear door assemblies or slide door assemblies in a rear door sub-line in the case of a type equipped with a rear door or a slide door; and

a door fixing step for assembling said front door assembly with a vehicle body in the main line, and in the case of a type equipped with a rear door or a slide door, for assembling said rear door assembly or said slide door assembly with a vehicle body in the main line.

5. A method of assembling plural types of automobiles according to claim 4, wherein in the case of a type equipped with a tailgate, the method further comprising:

a tailgate assembling step for assembling tailgate assemblies in a tailgate sub-line; and

a tailgate fixing step for assembling said tailgate assembly with a vehicle body in the main line.

6. A method of assembling plural types of automobiles according to claim 4 or claim 5, wherein excess man-hours at the main line or at the rear door sub-line are distributed to man-hours required for assembling said tailgate assemblies.