Framing station having self piercing rivets and method
First Claim
1. An apparatus for assembling individual contoured body components of a body-in-white vehicle with respect to one another to form a unitary vehicle body comprising:
- a framing workstation for receiving and positionally locating an underbody contoured member of the vehicle, and for receiving and positionally locating at least one contoured upper body member of the vehicle with respect to the underbody member, the framing workstation for establishing a predetermined geometry of the individual contoured body components while forming the unitary vehicle body; and
at least one self-piercing rivet tool for securing the at least one contoured upper body member of the vehicle to the underbody contoured member of the vehicle to form and maintain the predetermined geometry of the unitary vehicle body with self-piercing rivets.
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Abstract
An apparatus and process for assembling individual body components of a body-in-white vehicle with respect to one another to form a unitary vehicle body including a framing workstation for receiving and positionally locating an underbody member of the vehicle, and for receiving and positionally locating at least one upper body member of the vehicle with respect to the underbody member. The framing workstation establishing a predetermined geometry of the individual body components, while forming the unitary vehicle body. At least one self-piercing rivet tool for securing the at least one upper body member of the vehicle to the underbody member of the vehicle to form and maintain the predetermined geometry of the unitary vehicle body with self-piercing rivets.
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26 Claims
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1. An apparatus for assembling individual contoured body components of a body-in-white vehicle with respect to one another to form a unitary vehicle body comprising:
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a framing workstation for receiving and positionally locating an underbody contoured member of the vehicle, and for receiving and positionally locating at least one contoured upper body member of the vehicle with respect to the underbody member, the framing workstation for establishing a predetermined geometry of the individual contoured body components while forming the unitary vehicle body; and
at least one self-piercing rivet tool for securing the at least one contoured upper body member of the vehicle to the underbody contoured member of the vehicle to form and maintain the predetermined geometry of the unitary vehicle body with self-piercing rivets. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A process for assembling individual contoured body components of a body-in-white vehicle with respect to one another to form a unitary vehicle body comprising the steps of:
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receiving and positionally locating an underbody contoured member of the vehicle at a framing workstation;
receiving and positionally locating at least one contoured upper body member of the vehicle with respect to the underbody member at the framing workstation;
establishing a predetermined geometry of the individual contoured body components while forming the unitary vehicle body at the framing workstation; and
securing the at least one contoured upper body member of the vehicle to the underbody contoured member of the vehicle with at least one self-piercing rivet tool to form and maintain the predetermined geometry of the unitary vehicle body with self-piercing rivets. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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