Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Sandip Suvedi

Benjamin Fulton

Donald K Ingles

Werner Wilson

Jeffrey Britton

Steven Boyer

Mark Bowman

Jerry Herring

Nahshon Harrell

Clement D'Souza

Emily Burton

Matthew Taylor

A method of assembling a vehicle including a vehicle frame includes assembling a center body of the vehicle by coupling a plurality of center body components to the vehicle frame, and, subsequent to assembling the center body, assembling at least one of a front body and a rear body of the vehicle, wherein assembling the front body of the vehicle comprises coupling a plurality of front body components to the vehicle frame, and wherein assembling the rear body of the vehicle comprises coupling a plurality of rear body components to the vehicle frame.

Methods and systems for assembling a vehicle

An apparatus for lifting and rotating a frame of a motor vehicle includes a rotisserie and a rotatably connected fixture that holds the motor vehicle frame during production. The fixture includes clamps extending from arms of the fixture and clamps extending from the front support for affixing the frame of the motor vehicle to the fixture. The fixture may further include a passive lock mechanism for engaging a side sill of the frame that includes a latch, a locking extension, a latch spring that holds the latch in engagement with the frame, and a pendulum that rotates relative to the fixture but remains oriented in a fixed location relative to horizontal. The latch may only be disengaged from the frame when the locking extension is aligned to be received by a slot in the pendulum when the fixture is rotated to the home location.

Rotisserie fixture for assembly of a vehicle

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Raymond, OH, United States of America

Sandip Suvedi