Daimlerchrysler Corporation

Chrysler Group LLC

David F Hirschmann

Anna Hui

Richard M Kleinhoffer

Jerald P Roach

Richard Holland, Jr

Claude Bou-Waked

Jeffery L Geill

An apparatus for setting side glass in a convertible vehicle body, prior to assembly of a convertible top on the vehicle body, includes a fixture adapted to engage multiple convertible top locating points on the vehicle's header and rear deck-lid shelf. Sensors mounted on the fixture detect the position of the raised side glass relative to the locating points and provide relative position information to an assembly operator, for example, through use of LED arrays, whereby the assembly operator can quickly set the side glass to a target position with which to achieve a desired side glass engagement with the convertible top, upon subsequent assembly of the convertible top to the vehicle body.

Vehicle side glass setting apparatus

A pair of axles are mechanically lifted onto the underside of a vehicle chassis to facilitate an axle-mounting process. The lifting action is achieved with a scissors jack that is powered by a hydraulic cylinder supplied with hydraulic fluid from an accumulator. The accumulator is initially charged by a hydraulic pump that is driven by an air motor.

Apparatus and method for lifting two axles onto a vehicle chassis

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Romeo, MI, United States of America

David F Hirschmann