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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2000
Chitoshi Kato, Saitama-ken, JP;
Masayuki Fukumori, Tochigi-ken, JP;
Teiji Miwa, Saitama-ken, JP;
Kenji Kusumegi, Saitama-ken, JP;
Nagahisa Kitamura, Saitama-ken, JP;
Masashi Koike, Saitama-ken, JP;
Masaaki Tanaka, Saitama-ken, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
On a setting cart which is movable back and forth between a setting station and a vehicle body assembly station, there are provided floor panel setting members, side sill receiving members and side panel forcing members which force side panels toward a floor panel from a lateral outward. In the setting station, the floor panel and the side panels which are set in position on the setting cart are transferred to a jig which is disposed in a side portion of the vehicle body assembly station. The side panels are welded to the floor panel by welding robots which are disposed at a level below the jig. In the above-described arrangement, the side sill receiving members and the side panel forcing members are set on the setting cart so as to be retractable into shunted positions free from interference with the welding robots in welding operation. The welding work by the welding robots can thus be started without waiting for the returning of the setting cart to the setting station.