Mazda Motor Corporation

Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Hiroshi Hayakawa

Kazuo Okamoto

Masamiti Kogai

Hiroyasu Nagaoka

Masafumi Kobayashi

Hiroaki Maenishi

When transferring a vehicle body which is through with coating to a hanger of an overhead conveyor of a vehicle body assembly line, doors are first removed from the vehicle body and thereafter the vehicle body with the doors removed is transferred to the hanger.

System for transferring vehicle body from a coating station to an

A vehicle transfer system for use in a vehicle assembly line comprises a first conveyor which transfers a vehicle while supporting the vehicle on its chassis with the tires being floated, and a second conveyor which transfers the vehicle body while supporting the vehicle on its tires. A ride-over table is disposed between the first and second conveyors so that the tires of the vehicle are caused to ride over the ride-over table and the chassis is lifted away from the vehicle supporting table of the first conveyor. A movable receiving table is disposed on the receiving side of the second conveyor to be movable back and forth in parallel to the second conveyor and is moved forward in synchronization with the first conveyor. The movable receiving table is further movable between a raised position in which it lifts the vehicle riding over the ride-over table before the vehicle reaches the delivery side end of the ride-over table and a lowered position in which it lowers the vehicle passing over the ride-over table onto the second conveyor.

Vehicle transfer system

An automobile door assembly having a door locking device wherein the door locking device can be installed only from the outside of the door outer panel. The door assembly includes a door outer panel having an outer and inner surfaces and formed with an attachment opening, a spring retainer adapted to be mounted on the door outer panel at the opening thereof, said spring retainer including a flange having a seat surface adapted to be seated on the outer surface of the door outer panel around the attachment opening and at least a pair of legs extending from said flange through the attachment opening beyond the inner surface of the door outer panel, each of said legs having a free end portion formed with a pawl, a retaining spring engaged with said pawls of the legs and being in contact with the inner surface of the door outer panel, a door locking device including a lock body inserted through the opening of the door outer panel and the spring retainer and engaged with the retaining spring to be held in position, said door locking device having a rotatable shaft which is connected through a connecting lever to a lock actuating member of a door locking mechanism, the connecting lever being removably connected at one end with the rotatable shaft of the door locking device. A method is also disclosed for installing a door lock device on the door outer panel.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshi Hayakawa