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Assembly line construction and method for assembling automotive vehicle bodies

  • US 5,184,766 A
  • Filed: 03/29/1991
  • Issued: 02/09/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An assembly line for assembling an automotive vehicle body, comprising:

  • a welding station disposed in a vehicle body assembly line for welding a first member and a second member, each being a structural element of the automotive vehicle body; and

    an assembling station disposed in the vehicle body assembly line immediately upstream from the welding station for aligning the first member with the second member and for temporarily assembling the first member with the second member to form a temporarily assembled body;

    wherein the assembling station has a presetting unit for aligning the first member with the second member and an assembling unit for temporarily assembling the first member with the second member;

    wherein at least one of the first member and the second member is provided with plural paw sections; and

    wherein the assembling unit assembles the first member temporarily with the second member by folding the plural paw section provided on at least one of the first member and the second member.

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