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Framing station having self piercing rivets and method

  • US 6,948,227 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2004
  • Issued: 09/27/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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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:

  • 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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