Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Tsubakimoto Chain Company

Kunji Morimoto

Atsushi Nakagami

Hirota Miyake

Hiromitsu Abe

Kiyoshi Shimase

The present disclosure provides a workpiece conveyance system that can be configured at a low cost. A first exemplary aspect is a workpiece conveyance system configured to convey a first workpiece inside a facility and raise the first workpiece, the workpiece conveyance system including: an on-floor carriage configured to be movable on a floor of the facility, the on-floor carriage including a placement part on which the first workpiece is placed; and an elevating machine configured to push up the placement part, the elevating machine being configured separately from the on-floor carriage.

Workpiece conveyance system, on-floor carriage, under-floor carriage, and workpiece conveyance method

A reinforcement ( ) is connected between right and left-side front pillars, and reinforces an instrument panel. A section of the reinforcement ( ) has a letter-H type shape. Therefore, a torsional rigidity needed for the reinforcement is secured, and a wire harness ( ), a first steering support ( ) or the liked can be disposed in a space formed by the letter-H type shape, so that space is effectively used. Furthermore, the reinforcement ( ) is formed integrally with a center brace ( ), the first and second steering supports ( ), a passenger seat-side airbag-securing member ( ), a striker ( ) of a glove box, and the like, by a die-cast method, so that the number of component parts and the production cost can be reduced.

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Kunji Morimoto