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Component handling system for assembling vehicles and methods of assembling vehicles

  • US 9,114,962 B2
  • Filed: 12/08/2011
  • Issued: 08/25/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2011
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A component handling system for use in assembling a vehicle, the vehicle including a vehicle frame and at least one component adapted to be coupled to the vehicle frame, said component handling system comprising:

  • a lifting assembly slideably coupled to a support frame, said lifting assembly configured to receive a component and to support the component from the support frame; and

    a positioning assembly coupled to the lifting assembly, said positioning assembly configured to move said lifting assembly along the support frame to bias the component towards the vehicle frame by actuating an actuatable member between an extended position and a retracted position, the actuatable member including a piston, wherein said positioning assembly comprises an attachment member coupled to the support frame, and a positioning device coupled to the lifting assembly, said positioning device comprising;

    a piston assembly comprising a piston cylinder and the piston, said piston slideably coupled to the piston cylinder and movable between the extended position and the retracted position; and

    an engagement assembly coupled to said piston, said engagement assembly configured to releasably couple said piston to said attachment member, wherein said engagement assembly is configured to magnetically couple said piston to said attachment member when said piston is in the extended position, and to uncouple said piston from said attachment member when said piston is in the retracted position.

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