Koito Manufacturing Company, Ltd.

Shigeru Yamamoto

Akio Ishigaki

A vehicle-lamp assembly apparatus having: a lower jig ( ) for supporting a workpiece ( ), a jig support table ( ) on which the lower jig ( ) is positioned and mounted, and an upper jig ( ) incorporating the lower jig ( ) as a jig ( ) by vertically engaging therewith, supporting any other workpiece ( ) when necessary and including electric equipment ( ) and ( ) which functions to perform predetermined processes to the workpiece. The apparatus also includes an upper jig support plate ( ) for supporting the upper jig ( ) incorporated via a coupling mechanism ( ) in a suspended condition, and an elevator mechanism ( ) for moving up and down the upper jig support plate ( ) with respect to the jig support table ( ). First and second connector portions ( and ) are automatically joined together and separated from each other without making the worker do so by hand and this eliminates the possibility of connecting the connector portions improperly.

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Shizuoka, Japan

Shigeru Yamamoto