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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7271367 | Single retainer mounted riser A motor vehicle car body framing apparatus for use at a welding station, the apparatus including a gate having a frame structure and a plurality of tooling members carried by the frame structure for use in positioning components of the vehicle body at the welding st... | 09/18/2007 |
| 6759622 | Interconnection between two-surface of multi-surface thin strip-shaped layers that lie one on top of the other, in particular, between two strips undergoing a continuous processing The invention relates to an interconnection between two overlapping end sections of metallic strips (10, 20) in which a quick and economical interconnetion should be produced. To this end, the invention provides that several annular welds (30) are prov... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6519507 | Method of teaching robot with traveling axis off-line A method of teaching a robot off-line having a traveling axis, by which the final position and final posture are determined when a robot having a traveling axis stops at an arbitrary position on a traveling axis. The method is able to take an arbitrary po... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6489593 | Locating and locking unit for welding sheet metal parts of a motor-vehicle body A locating and locking unit for sheet metal parts which are to be assembled by electric spot-welding on a motor-vehicle body, comprising a base platform, for receiving the trolley of a positioning frame equipped with locating and locking devices for the p... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6420671 | Welding apparatus The present invention can weld two parts of component metal fitting constituting the parts as a welding apparatus used in manufacturing automotive parts such as a strut mount upon positioning and laminating. Furthermore, a welded part can be easily recove... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6293454 | Installation for positioning and welding body parts of different types of motor vehicles An installation for positioning and welding body parts of different types of motor vehicles. The installation includes a mounting frame (5) which is guided on a conveyor line and which has receiving elements for at least some vehicle body parts. Positioni... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6193142 | Assembling apparatus assembling body side of automotive vehicle and assembling method thereof An assembling apparatus assembling a body side of an automotive vehicle, comprises: a moving body provided in a transfer line; a clamp member provided on the moving body for fixing and positioning a body side outer in an upright position in such a manner ... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6173881 | Car body assembly and welding station with reciprocal gate-supporting system A vehicle body welding system includes a work station for welding components of a preassembled body with respect to one another. The body is moveable along a fixed path of travel through the work station. At least two moveable pillars are located on each ... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6170732 | Device and method for feeding, clamping and processing, particularly for geometric welding of automobile welding components in a work station The invention concerns a method and a device for feeding, clamping, and processing, particularly for geometric welding of automobile body components in a work station. The invention method consists of side-section clamping frames which, after receiving a ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6028284 | Electromagnetic relay structure and spot welding machine used for fabricating same An electromagnetic relay structure having a plate spring and a yoke secured to a base by forming a vibration damping portion integral with a terminal and by securing the terminal to the base by insertion molding. The vibration damping portion is disposed ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5943768 | Automotive framing system An automotive framing system for positioning a lower body component and at least two upper body components together at precise positions relative to each other prior to fixedly securing the body components together. The framing system includes a conveyor ... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5400943 | Device for spot welding of structures formed of pressed sheet metal elements In a welding station, particularly for motor-vehicle bodies, the elements to be welded are locked in a precise position by locking devices carried by locating gates. There are provided a number of pairs of locating gates, corresponding to the number of di... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5397047 | Device for spot welding of structures constituted by sheet metal elements, particularly motor-vehicle bodies In a welding device for motor vehicle bodies there are provided a number of pairs of locating gates adapted to operate on different models of body. In the work position, each pair of locating gates can be selectively coupled to a plurality of auxiliary fi... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5374799 | Method for the assembly of automotive vehicle bodies and a jig unit therefor In a vehicle body assembly line is disposed a jig unit having a mechanism for aligning and clamping a side inner panel and a mechanism for aligning and clamping a front header and a rear header of a roof panel. Each of the mechanisms is movable between a ... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5123161 | Apparatus for setting car body components in motorcar body assembling line An apparatus for use in a motorcar body assembling line for setting car body components including a floor panel, a roof panel, and side panels on a set carrier in a predetermined positional relationship in a setting station at a starting end of the assemb... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5044541 | Method and apparatus for assembling vehicle body In a flexible manufacturing system for assembling various types of vehicle bodies, there is employed a work piece carrier on which a work piece positioning device is mounted. The work piece positioning device has a plurality of position changeable work pi... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4946088 | Bushing forming machine A bushing forming machine including: a metal strip delivery system including a metal strip wound on a drum; a forming mill for forming the metal strip to a shape; a first conveyer carrying the metal strip to the forming mill; and a punch provided on a pas... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4899029 | Electrical connector high-speed welding apparatus A high-speed welding apparatus comprises a frame F along which a first conveying mechanism (20) moves a carrier member (11) having mounted thereon a holder (14) holding a connector (100) and a cable (103) to a welding station (30). A feed mechanism (30A) ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4893398 | Device for automatic joining and machining The invention relates to a device for automatically joining and machining assemblies consisting of several components each and retained on a work-piece carrier (4) in a transfer line with retoolable machining stations (3). In the machining station (3), th... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4845333 | Welding method and apparatus Disclosed is an electric welding method and apparatus using resilient means such as springs for supporting a work to be welded. The work can be set at a desired level at which required welding is to be effected, by yieldingly compressing the springs with ... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4813587 | Working line for side panel for motorcar A working line for performing certain operations on a side panel for a motorcar including, in order, a set station, a welding station, and a sealing station. A set carrier is reciprocatable on a first railway between the set station and the welding statio... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4800249 | Automatic system for assembly and welding metal sheet bodies, particularly car bodies, suitable for high mass production An automatic system for the production of metal sheet bodies, preferably car metal bodies, which is composed of a plurality of forming-welding assemblies contained in stores so that they can be preselected and carried each in correspondence with an assemb... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4795075 | Holding apparatus for a vehicle assembly line Apparatus for holding a partly assembled vehicle body (13) includes a main framework structure (3) supported on two pairs of pillars (1), the structure being mounted about a horizontal pivot (5) on the rear pair of pillars for up and down pivotal movement... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4779787 | Welding system A welding system for welding works such as floor parts of different models of automobiles has a first carrier passage provided at one end thereof with a loading stage and at the other end thereof with a welding stage where an automatic welder is provided,... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4719328 | Touch-up welding apparatus for motorcar body A touch-up welding apparatus for welding such portions of a motorcar body which remain unwelded after the body has passed along a main welding portion of an assembly line. Plural welding gun magazines holding differing welding guns are disposed along side... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4714814 | Welding machine for welding tongues onto sheet-metal members Sheet-metal members (10), particularly tear-open can members, can be moved rhythmically, one behind the other, through a welding station (19) by a sheet-metal conveyor (15) and located in a defined position (17) in the welding station (19) by a positionin... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4675990 | Blade fuse manufacturing method A blade fuse includes parallel blades (12 and 14) secured in a body (16). A fusible link (42) welded to the blades is located in a cavity (20) of the body that is covered by a window (61). The blade fuses are assembled by blanking the fusible element from... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4659895 | Automatic system for assembly and welding of motor vehicle bodies An automatic assembly and welding system is provided for carrying out the building of various shaped sheet metal members, particularly motor vehicle bodies. The system comprises a single welding station, horizontal conveyor means for conveying vehicle fra... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4614013 | Method of forming a reinforced structural building panel An insulated welded wire structural building panel and a method for making such panels are disclosed. The panel has a plurality of parallel trusses joined together with cross wires. Each truss is triangular in cross section. A layer of polyurethane foam i... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4593850 | Automatic welding apparatus An automatic welding apparatus is comprising a replaceable jig table, a conveying device for carrying the jig table between a setting station and a welding station and temporary welding device mounted on the jig table for applying temporary welds to a wor... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4538044 | Apparatus for assembling motorcar body Apparatus for assembling a motorcar body from the component parts of a floor panel, a roof panel and side panels. A set carrier can reciprocate between a setting station and a welding station having a welding jig mechanism including welders. The set carri... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4535927 | Workpiece preset jig arrangement in a welding apparatus A workpiece preset jig arrangement for a welding apparatus. The welding apparatus has an apparatus body, a welding jig mechanism on the body and clamps on the welding jig mechanism for clamping plural component parts for constituting a workpiece so that t... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4494687 | Expanded car body welding assembly system A body assembly system for accurately locating and welding multiple component parts of different vehicle bodies and to interfix their assembled relation at a framing station wherein more than three pairs of interchangeable gates can be employed at a singl... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4485959 | Means for welding intercell connections An apparatus for welding through-the-partition intercell connections in a lead-acid battery container wherein each partition has at least two spaced apertures therein for making such intercell connections includes in the exemplary embodiment three weld st... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4483476 | Multi-shift vehicle-body assembling apparatus A multi-shift vehicle-body assembling apparatus wherein a side body structure to be assembled to a floor structure to form part of a vehicle body is moved into a position ready to be assembled to the floor structure by means of a fixture assembly carried ... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4448341 | Automatic vehicle-body assembling apparatus Herein disclosed is an automatic vehicle-body assembling apparatus for automatically welding together an engine compartment assembly, a front floor assembly and a rear floor assembly to constitute a vehicle floor structure of an automotive vehicle, each o... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4441645 | Automatic vehicle-body assembling system Herein disclosed is an automatic vehicle-body assembling system for welding together an engine compartment assembly, a front floor assembly and a rear floor assembly to form a floor structure of an automotive vehicle, wherein the component members to cons... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4442335 | Side aperture welding assembly system A car body side aperture assembly system for welding together multiple component parts of side apertures for different vehicle bodies at successive framing and respot welding stations. Overhead conveyor carriers each with laterally spaced racks for suppor... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4404451 | Welding apparatus for motorcar body Welding apparatus for a motorcar body comprising a pair of welding jig units positioned on opposing sides of a combining station which are movable laterally for positioning and holding thereon side panels of the body and a carrier movable between the comb... | 09/13/1983 |
| 4390770 | Automatic welding apparatus for solar cells Automatic welding apparatus is provided for welding contact tabs to solar lls which are particularly adapted for use in space vehicular solar generators. The apparatus comprises a plurality of welding electrodes arranged to extend across the direction of ... | 06/28/1983 |
