# US 10,766,551 B2 · Auto mounting system of door hinge for vehicle and method thereof

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- Number: US 10,766,551 B2
- Document ID: US10766551B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/182,326
- Filed: 2018-11-06
- Published: 2019-03-07
- Granted: 2020-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2013-09-24
- Assignees: Kia Motors Corporation; Hyundai Motor Company
- Applicants: Kia Motors Corporation; Hyundai Motor Company
- Inventors: Jun Hee Lee; Dae Won Lee
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10766551B2

## CPC

- B62D 65/06: the sub-units or components being doors, windows, openable roofs, lids, bonnets, or weather strips or seals therefor {(assembling sealing arrangements with vehicle parts, e.g. doors, windows B60J10/45)}
- Y10T 29/49947: by applying separate fastener
- Y10T 29/53: Means to assemble or disassemble
- Y10T 29/53978: including means to relatively position plural work parts
- B62D: MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultural machines or implements A01B69/00; wheels, castors, axles, increasing wheel adhesion B60B; vehicle tyres, tyre inflation or tyre changing B60C; connections between vehicles of a train or the like B60D; vehicles for use on rail and road, amphibious or convertible vehicles B60F; suspension arrangements B60G; heating, cooling, ventilating or other air treating devices B60H; windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors or similar devices, protective coverings for vehicles not in use B60J; propulsion plant arrangements, auxiliary drives, transmissions, controls, instrumentation or dashboards B60K; electric equipment or propulsion of electrically-propelled vehicles B60L; power supply for electrically-propelled vehicles B60M; passenger accommodation not otherwise provided for B60N; adaptations for load transportation or to carry special loads or objects B60P; arrangement of signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor, for vehicles in general B60Q; vehicles, vehicle fittings or vehicle parts not otherwise provided for B60R; servicing, cleaning, repairing, supporting, lifting, or manoeuvring, not otherwise provided for, B60S; brake arrangements, brake control systems or parts thereof B60T; air-cushion vehicles B60V; motor-cycles, accessories therefor B62J, B62K; testing of vehicles G01M)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an auto mounting system of a door hinge for a vehicle and a method thereof, and more particularly, to an auto mounting system of a door hinge for the vehicle and a method thereof capable of automatically mounting the door hinges on side panels of the vehicle using an auto mounting apparatus of a door hinge to automatically mount the door hinges for front and rear doors on the side panels of the vehicle, thereby improving operation convenience due to the minimization of the number of workers, assembling quality, operating ratio.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An auto mounting method of door hinges for a vehicle, the auto mounting method comprising:
selecting, by an auto robot, one of a plurality of door hinge picking parts, each of which is configured to pick one of different kinds of the door hinges;
picking, by the one of the plurality of the door hinge picking parts, the one of different kinds of the door hinges arranged to correspond to the one of the plurality of the door hinge picking parts;
moving, by the auto robot, the one of the plurality of the door hinge picking parts to a side panel of the vehicle; and
bolting, by the one of the plurality of the door hinge picking parts, the door hinge picked in the one of the plurality of the door hinge picking parts to the side panel of the vehicle,
wherein each of the plurality of the door hinge picking parts includes:
a frame configured to be detachably connected to the auto robot; and
a pin disposed at the frame and configured to pick the one of different kinds of the door hinges.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The auto mounting method according to claim 1, wherein the door hinge includes a bolt.