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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2019
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Ronald Scott Friend, Jeffersonville, KY (US);
Brian McElroy, Winchester, KY (US);
Robert Aaron Allex, Ewing, KY (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, Plano, TX (US);
North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
An independently-driven platform used in vehicle assembly includes a side frame and a manually-initiated synchronizing apparatus mounted to the side frame. The manually-initiated synchronizing apparatus includes a linear actuator including a cylinder portion mounted to the side frame and a rod portion that extends and retracts from the cylinder portion. A conveying platform engagement member has a front that faces a conveying direction when synchronizing with a synchronization tab of a conveying platform, a rear that faces an upstream direction and a top connected to the rod portion of the manually-initiated synchronizing apparatus. The conveying platform engagement member has a notch in the rear that is configured to engage the synchronization tab.