Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Corporation

Kia Motors Corporation

Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center Gmbh

Andrew Vaughan

Bahman Moarefi

Vincent Laurent

Rolf Verhoeven

Kadir Oguzcan Ger

Jelle Tjebbes

Ameya Karmarkar

Miroslav Kropac

Sebastian Kluh

Julien Richeton

A vehicle platform for a vehicle is provided. The platform includes a platform base extending in a longitudinal direction, and a loading system for laterally loading and unloading an upper body structure onto the platform base. The loading system includes first and second fork arms supporting the upper body structure with respect to a vertical direction, and a lifting mechanism coupled to the platform base and the first and second fork arms. The lifting mechanism moves the first and second fork arms relative to the platform base along the vertical direction. The first and second fork arms are spaced apart in the longitudinal direction and each are movable along a lateral direction between a retracted position, in which the fork arms completely overlap with the platform base, and an extended position, in which the fork arms protrude in the lateral direction from a lateral side of the platform base.

Vehicle platform, motor vehicle, and method for loading and unloading an upper body structure onto and from a vehicle platform of a motor vehicle

A loading system laterally loads and unloads an upper body structure onto a vehicle platform of a motor vehicle. The system includes two loading arms pivotably mounted on lengthwise ends of the vehicle platform. The loading arms jointly swivel between upward and lateral orientations with respect to the vehicle platform and jointly extend and retract. Each loading arm has an engaging portion at a distal end of the respective loading arm to engage a corresponding support portion at a respective lengthwise end of the upper body structure. The loading arms engage and release the upper body structure by swiveling into the lateral orientation and extending and retracting within the lateral orientation. The loading arms mount the engaged upper body structure on top of the vehicle platform by swiveling with the engaged upper body structure into the upward orientation and retracting with the engaged upper body structure within the upward orientation.

Loading system and method for laterally loading and unloading an upper body structure onto and from a vehicle platform of a motor vehicle

The invention provides a method for pre-curing an adhesive layer bonding a first component to a second component. The adhesive layer is heated by treating an adhesive layer component as heating the first component with a pair of electrodes that are in electrical contact with a surface of the first component, the pair of electrodes applying a predetermined electrical current (I, I) to the first component. The invention further provides an arrangement for pre-curing a layer of adhesive.

Method and arrangement for pre-curing an adhesive layer

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Mainz, Germany

Andrew Vaughan