Fastening method
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHirota Miyake, Yuji Nabeshima, Koji Kawasaka
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Abstract
This fastening method is a method for fastening a plurality of types of fastening members stored in a cartridge, the cartridge includes a plurality of attachments, the attachment has one end in which a first fitting part that fits to a fastening force receiving part of a corresponding fastening member of the plurality of types of fastening members is formed and another end in which a second fitting part that fits to a fastening force working part of the fastening means is formed, and the cartridge is supplied in a state in which the plurality of types of fastening members and the plurality of attachments are arranged based on the order of fastening the plurality of types of fastening members to the object to be fastened.
Claims10
A fastening method for fastening a plurality of types of fastening members stored in a cartridge at respective predetermined positions in an object to be fastened by rotating the cartridge around a rotation axis of the fastening members, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of attachments for holding the plurality of types of respective fastening members to the cartridge;
- fitting a first fitting part of each of the attachments at one end in the direction of the rotation axis to a fastening force receiving part of a corresponding fastening member of the plurality of types of fastening members, a second fitting part of the attachments at another end in the direction of the rotation axis configured to fit to a fastening force working part of a fastening tool;
- supplying the cartridge to the object to be fastened in a state in which the plurality of types of fastening members and the plurality of attachments are arranged based on the order of fastening the plurality of types of fastening members to the object to be fastened;
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- rotating a first attachment of the plurality of attachments by the fastening tool into which the fastening force working part is fit to the second fitting part of the first attachment, the corresponding fastening member in which the fastening force receiving part is fit to the first fitting part of the first attachment rotates along with the rotation of the first attachment.
A fastening device for fastening a plurality of types of fastening members to an object to be fastened, comprising:
- a cartridge that stores the fastening members at respective predetermined positions;
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- a plurality of attachments stored in the cartridge to hold the fastening members, each of the attachments including
- a first fitting part at one end of a respective attachment in the direction of the rotation axis that fits to a fastening force receiving part of a corresponding fastening member of the plurality of types of fastening members, and
- a second fitting part at another end of the respective attachment in the direction of the rotation axis that fits to a fastening force working part of a fastening tool, wherein
- the cartridge is supplied to the object to be fastened in a state in which the plurality of types of fastening members and the plurality of attachments are arranged based on an order of fastening, and
- when a first attachment of the plurality of attachments is rotated by the fastening tool into which the fastening force working part is fit to the second fitting part of the first attachment, a corresponding fastening member in which the fastening force receiving part is fit to the first fitting part of the first attachment rotates along with the rotation of the first attachment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.