Quotables
"Man will not fly for 50 years."
Wilbur Wright ; 1901
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331439 | Manufacturing plant for parts, particularly vehicle body parts A manufacturing plant (1) is provided for vehicle body parts (2, 3). The manufacturing plant includes a number of processing stations (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10), which are situated one behind the other along a transfer line (22), and of a num... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7032802 | Bonding tool with resistance A resistive bonding tool tip comprising a resistive material with a resistance low enough to prevent a discharge of a charge to a device being bonded and high enough to avoid current flow large enough to damage the device being bonded is disclosed. ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6932263 | Vehicle framing system for plurality of vehicle body styles An apparatus and method for randomly interchanging up to four pairs of side framing gates at a framing station of a vehicle assembly line while maintaining a predetermined build cycle time interval of the assembly line. The system employs first and second carousels ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6215084 | Method and apparatus for welding container bodies In a guide and calibrating tool for guiding container bodies for welding, at least one of the guide rollers is driven. The drive is pneumatic, by compressed air blown by a nozzle onto recesses in the roller. The roller is driven only initially upon restar... | 04/10/2001 |
| 5518166 | Assembling method of products and assembling apparatus of the same In an assembly line of a vehicle body W, vehicle body parts differentiated in accordance with the vehicle body type are clamped on respective carriages travelling on an assembly line 1 for sequentially executing temporary welding and power-increased weldi... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5427300 | Apparatus for framing vehicle bodies A framing apparatus that accurately and efficiently clamps and welds a loosely assembled vehicle body with a high degree of repeatability between consecutive vehicle bodies while also having the ability to adapt to a plurality of different, predetermined ... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5400944 | Processing station for workpieces, especially vehicle bodies, in a transfer line The present invention pertains to a processing station (1) for workpieces, especially vehicle bodies (2), in a transfer line (3). Changeable clamping frames (5, 6) are kept ready in magazines (7, 8), and the magazines (7, 8) are arranged on both sides in ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5347700 | Method of assembling vehicle parts In an automobile parts assembling line, parts pallets carried by a self-running pallet carriage are transferred onto self-running work carriages loaded with fundamental vehicle works of various vehicle models and a specific set of parts on the parts palle... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5060840 | Apparatus for conveying rounded can body blanks to a welding unit A conveying apparatus feeds can body blanks to a welding unit with the longitudinal edges of the can body blanks even, without being offset in the longitudinal direction. The apparatus includes a centrally disposed revolving device (5; 5'; 5") which serve... | 10/29/1991 |
| 5037022 | Vehicle body welding assembly system The present invention is a vehicle body welding assembly system including at least one working cell. The assembly system also includes a carrier for transporting preassembled vehicle bodies to the working cell. A pallet is operatively connected to the car... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4981252 | Method and apparatus for assembling vehicle body A flexible manufacturing system for assembling various types of vehicle bodies is disclosed. The system includes a work supply means by which corresponding works for the various types of vehicle bodies are supplied, a main body assembling device which inc... | 01/01/1991 |
| 4972987 | Plant equipped with revolving tool assemblies for welding automotive vehicle bodies in a single processing station A plant for welding automotive vehicle bodies that are conveyed in succession in an assembly line to a single processing station having equipment for positioning, holding and welding different types of automotive bodies, a pair of opposed stationary frame... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4944445 | Method for automatic joining and machining The invention relates to a method and a device for automatically joining and matching assemblies consisting of several components each and retained on a workpiece carrier (4) in a transfer line with retoolable machining stations (3). In the machining stat... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4905884 | Apparatus for welding motor vehicle bodies Apparatus for welding motor vehicle bodies which have previously been assembled loosely comprises a station for the forming and welding of the body, a conveyor line for transporting the loosely preassembled bodies to the station, at least two pairs of for... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4869416 | Assembly line conveyance A transporting and positioning method and an apparatus therefore utilizable in an assembly line. A first member is positioned at a first predetermined position while a second member to be connected together with the first member is positioned and held at ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4856701 | Device for positioning tentering frames into association with a workpiece which is being assembled along a transfer line A device for positioning tentering frames into association with a workpiece which is being assembled along a transfer line which has a working station includes a movable guiding section which extends substantially perpendicular to the transfer line at the... | 08/15/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4802616 | System for positioning automotive vehicle side body A system for positioning an automotive vehicle side body wherein slide rails for supporting a sliding conveyor for movement thereon in an automotive vehicle body assembly line is located, not on a floor of the assembly line, but at the same height as an u... | 02/07/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4767046 | Assembly apparatus for motorcar vehicle body A pair of working lines for side panels are provided in parallel on the right and left sides of a main transfer line. Each working line includes, in the following order, a charging station, plural working stations, and a discharging station. A shuttle han... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4751995 | Jig for car body assembly A jig assembly for a car body including a movable jig unit having a frame with a universal configuration and removable jig members configured exclusively for a distinctive body part; and a fixed station jig unit for positioning and fixing the movable unit... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4744500 | Vehicle assembly system A plurality of vehicle bodies are successively conveyed with the rear of each vehicle body directed in the conveying direction and the front of each vehicle body opposed to the rear of the immediately rearward vehicle body. A single robot mounts a first p... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4738387 | Flexible manufacturing system for the processing and production of multi-part subassemblies, in particular subassemblies of semi-finished vehicle bodies The invention is concerned with the design of processing stations for the processing, by welding technology, of semi-finished vehicle body subassemblies (5) within the framework of a flexible manufacturing system. Thereby, frame-like work piece carriers (... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4682722 | Welding systems for motor vehicles bodies In a system for the automatic welding of motor vehicle bodies, adapted to operate on at least two different types of body, the parts of a loosely preassembled body accurately positioned, in order to be welded by programmable welding robots, by means of po... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4678110 | Vehicle body assembly system A vehicle body assembly system for feeding various body components to body members conveyed in succession along a body assembly line and assembling together the body components and the body members into vehicle bodies, comprises at least one first compone... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4667866 | Car body assembling apparatus and method Different car body parts needed for a complete main body are preworked at a subassembly station and then are releasably attached to corresponding jig units, each unit having a universal frame on which is mounted a set of special jigs conforming to the kin... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4618089 | Apparatus and method for assembling a structure comprising frames and shell plates An apparatus and method for assembling a structure comprising a framing and shell plates spread thereon. The apparatus has (a) a frame clamping device, which consists of a rectangular base, longitudinal girders arranged in parallel on both sides of the ba... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4618757 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing large, metal cylindrical structures Method for manufacturing a large-sized, cylindrical, metal casing by welding successive cylindrical sections, characterized in that metal in the form of a strip is unwound continuously and at a uniform speed from a coil (6) and in that, as the strip (16) ... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4611749 | Method of and system for assembling a plurality of parts into a unit A plurality of pivoted robots each having both a welding gun and a transferring member for transferring a part are arranged so that the swinging locus of each pivoted robot intersects with that of at least one of the other robots. A working station is pro... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4609137 | Unit for assembly of a motor vehicle body element A unit for assembly of an approximately plane, large-sized motor vehicle body element of the type including a plurality of work stations (P1-P6) between which the element is successively transferred by a lengthwise transfer device (12), wherein at each wo... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4606488 | Welding apparatus for a motorcar body Additional welding apparatus for welding the component parts of a temporarily spot-welded assembled motorcar body. The additional welding apparatus includes a first welding station and a second welding station. At the first welding station are front and r... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4600136 | Installation for assembling and in particular pinning car bodies of motor vehicles An installation for assembly and in particular for pinning the car bodies of motor vehicles, includes carriages for supporting the car bodies to be assembled by welding, and a conveyor track for displacing these carriages to an assembly station provided w... | 07/15/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4573626 | Apparatus for assembling front under portion of vehicle body An apparatus for automatically assembling a front fender apron, a radiator support and a dash panel into a front under portion of a vehicle body with the use of transfer machines and automatic welding equipments.... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4548346 | Dual line production system and method A first succession of workpieces is displaced along a first conveyor path past a work station in steps and a second succession of workpieces is displaced past the work station in steps synchronously with the first succession along a second conveyor path c... | 10/22/1985 |
| 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 |
| 4493450 | Welding apparatus for vehicle body of two-wheeled vehicle Welding apparatus for a vehicle body of a two-wheeled vehicle including a machine base, at least one lower jig carrier mounted on the base for reciprocation between the first position and the second position ahead of the first position, clamping devices f... | 01/15/1985 |
| 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 |
