Jig pallet for an automatic assembly device

• US 5,014,405 A
• Filed: 08/09/1989
• Issued: 05/14/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Nakamura, Mikio, Yamana, Shinji, Tsuzuki, Akihiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Briggs, William
• Application Number:
  US07/393,697
• Time in Patent Office: 643 Days
• Field of Search: 29/784, 29/787, 29/798, 29/799, 29/771, 29/822, 29/711, 29/824, 29/823, 29/33 R, 29/430, 29/469
• US Class Current: 29/33.00R
• CPC Class Codes: B23P 19/001 Article feeders for assembling machines screws or nuts being carried by a disposable strip or disc B25B23/045
• CPC Class Codes: B23P 21/004 the units passing two or more work-stations whilst being composed
• CPC Class Codes: B23P 2700/50 Other automobile vehicle parts, i.e. manufactured in assembly lines
• CPC Class Codes: B62D 65/02 Joining sub-units or components to, or positioning sub-units or components with respect to, body shell or other sub-units or components
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/51 Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for metal shaping or assembling
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/53313 Means to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural sources without manual intervention
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/5337 including assembly pallet

Abstract

An automatic assembly device includes a jig pallet for carrying and positioning parts used in an assembly line, and a holding device for holding fastener members used to mount the parts to assembled members. A drive is positioned between the fastener member holding device and an external driving device.

Claims

1. A jig pallet for carrying and positioning parts relative to an assembled member, comprising:

a jig pallet main body;

fastener member holding means mounted on said jig pallet main body and driven by drive means separate from said main body, said drive means being operative to rotate said fastener member holding means to mount a said part to a said assembled member; and

,

clip holding means for holding clips in engagement with said assembled member, said clip holding means being mounted adjacent said fastener member holding means, so that a fastener held in said fastener member holding means can be employed to mount a said clip to said assembled member.

2. The jig pallet as claimed in claim 1, wherein said clip holding means is structured so as to hold and release said clip under the control of a return spring and an actuator.

3. The jig pallet as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fastener member holding means comprises a body fixed to said jig pallet, and a drive bar rotatably supported by bearings in said body and provided at one end with a drive portion connecting to a socket for holding a fastener member and at the other end with a connecting portion connecting to a drive portion of said external drive means.

4. The jig pallet as claimed in claim 3, wherein said drive bar is supported rotatably and also axially in the axial direction of said body.

5. The jig pallet as claimed in claim 4, wherein said drive bar is provided at its one end with a drive portion connecting to a socket for holding said fastener members and at the other end with a connecting portion connecting to a drive portion of said external drive means, and is further provided with a stopper ring engagable with a lower portion of said body for centering said drive bar.