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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2002
Abid Ghuman, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
John E. Robertson, Troy, MI (US);
James Wayne Lowe, Temperance, MI (US);
Marsha J. Rosso, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Michael W. Pitt, Madison Hts., MI (US);
Abid Ghuman, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
John E. Robertson, Troy, MI (US);
James Wayne Lowe, Temperance, MI (US);
Marsha J. Rosso, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Michael W. Pitt, Madison Hts., MI (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An automotive vehicle is provided having a body being assembled by a joining process line from a plurality of workpieces joined into a plurality of subassemblies according to the steps of providing templates arranged in a predetermined alignment to form a process line, with each template being generated from a defined set of standardized task stations which are operative to perform a joining process on a workpiece of the subassemblies, fixturing workpieces in a workpiece presenter provided in the task stations, at least one workpiece presenter including a tooling plate removably connected and precision located on a platform of a workpiece presenter, and sequentially joining the workpieces together to form the body.