Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Sumio Noguchi

Kenichiro Kurai

Masakazu Adachi

Yasushi Watanabe

Yoshito Otake

Kazuyuki Fukamachi

Gentoku Fujii

Mitsugu Takahashi

Kiyonobu Hara

Kenichi Asamizu

Takuya Furuno

Masahiko Kaneko

Tomohisa Katayama

Takeshi Katamine

Yoshitaka Koyama

Yoshiyuki Asada

Masashi Iwata

Hideya Yamamuro

A connecting deviceof a towing vehicleincludes a connecting pin, a locking arm, and an actuator. The connecting pinis provided to be rotatable between a connection position where the connecting pinis brought into fitting engagement with a connecting plateof a wheeled platformand a disconnection position where the connecting pinis taken out of the fitting engagement with the connecting plate. The locking armis driven by the actuatorbetween a locking position where locking armis locked with the connecting pinsuch that the connecting pincannot rotate out of the connection position toward the disconnection position and an unlocking position where the connecting pinis unlocked in the connection position.

Connecting device and towing vehicle

A door opening method and device are provided that can reduce the size of the installation location of a robot, as well as achieve a reduction in cycle time. In a dual arm robot, two arms are rotated by each of an shaft Sand an shaft S. As a result, a door opening action (Step ST) is realized by rotation using the shaft S. Then, a movement to enter an interior side of a door () in order to perform a bolt loosening action is realized by rotation using the shaft Sand shaft S. The movement in this case is movement such as to face the direction of the door (). As a result, when moving to a door holding position (Step S), the dual arm robot is at an attitude facilitating performing a bolt loosening action.

Vehicle body door opening method and device, door removing device and method, door holding device and method, and socket

A conveying operation method and device that can continue an operation on a workpiece to prevent reduction in production efficiency in conveying a workpiece and performing an operation on the workpiece even if conveyance of the workpiece is stopped during the operation on the workpiece. The workpiece is conveyed by a workpiece conveying device, a movable stand is moved in synchronization with the workpiece conveying device in operation areas along a conveying path, and an operation is performed on the workpiece by an operation device provided on the movable stand. When movement of the workpiece conveying device is stopped, the movable stand stops in synchronization with the workpiece conveying device to continue the operation on the workpiece and complete one cycle operation. When non-normal operation is performed on the workpiece, the workpiece is retracted to a position different from the conveying path while being supported by the movable stand.

Conveying operation method and conveying operation device

An assembling apparatus and method easily applicable to an existing production line and capable of improving assembling quality and reducing equipment cost. The assembling apparatus performs processing such as part assembling or the like to a processed part which is free-flow conveyed by a processed part conveyor. The processing is performed by a robot which is conveyed in the same direction as the processed part by a robot conveyor having its own motor. The processed part conveyor is provided with a removable pallet for supporting the processed part. The robot conveyor comprises a turntable which mounts and rotationally positions the robot thereon, a pallet support provided on the turntable so that the removed pallet from the processed part conveyor is supported thereon, and a connector for connecting with the processed part conveyor to synchronously convey the same.

Method and apparatus for assembling and manufacturing

The present invention relates to a fastening member fastening apparatus for positioning and fastening a hexagon head bolt () with respect to a nut () with an opening (). The fastening member fastening apparatus comprises a rotary axle body () being rotated by a drive source, a forwardly and backwardly movable socket () being connected with a tip end of the rotary axle body () and fitting thereon the hexagon head bolt (), and a guide mechanism () having triple claw members () which are operated to open and close in accordance with the forward and backward movement of the socket (). A tip end of the guide mechanism () in a closed state is inserted into the opening () of the nut () so as to position and fasten the hexagon head bolt () with respect to the nut ().

Fastening member fastening method and apparatus

An apparatus and method for inspecting a motorcycle. A braking force inspecting unit is provided for calculating a braking force from results measured by a torque measuring unit to determine whether the braking force is acceptable or not when a brake is fully applied and the support rollers are rotated by a motor. A speedometer inspecting unit is provided for determining whether a speedometer is acceptable or not from results measured by a rotational speed measuring unit when the support rollers are rendered rotatable and an engine of the motorcycle is operated. A brake system inspecting unit is provided for calculating a change in a vehicle speed of the motorcycle from the results measured by the rotational speed measuring unit and determining whether an ABS and a CBS operate acceptably or not when the engine of the motorcycle is operated.

Apparatus and method for inspecting motorcycle

This invention is intended to enable performing a vehicle straight-line performance adjustment operation surely in a short time without the need of operator's skill. An actually moving state of a vehicle completed with an alignment adjustment is reproduced after the vehicle is mounted on rollers of a bench tester, and the side force of each of wheels at this time is measured, it is determined whether or not the measured side force is within a preset reference range, it is determined whether or not the side force of the wheel, which has been determined to be out of the reference range, is within the reference range when a toe angle of the wheel is corrected within a preset toe angle correction allowable range, the toe angle is corrected within the correction allowable range when it is determined that the side force falls within the reference range, and the side force is corrected to fall within the reference range, the side force of the each wheel after the toe angle is corrected is obtained, a drift amount of the vehicle is calculated from the obtained side force of the each wheel, and it is determined whether or not the vehicle has a good straight-line performance based on the calculated drift amount.

Method of adjusting straight ahead traveling capability of vehicle

The invention makes it possible to measure a lateral displacement amount of a vehicle accurately in a short time on a bench testing machine without damaging a vehicle body and tires. Respective rollersF,R on which respective wheels WF, WR of the vehicle A are placed respectively are made movable in a lateral direction. In a state in which the respective wheels WF, WR are rotating at a predetermined speed, lateral forces (cornering forces) acting on the respective rollersF,R are detected by respective detectors 3. Then, a yaw angle speed when the vehicle A is brought into a state of steady circular turning is calculated based on the lateral forces acting on the respective rollersF,R and the lateral displacement amount is calculated from the yaw angle speed.

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Tochigi, Japan

Sumio Noguchi