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US 12,767,256 B2Granted
Panel assemble apparatus
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsYongchul Jeong, Minje Oh
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Abstract
A panel assemble apparatus includes: a marriage jig frame, a plurality of alignment units installed in the marriage jig frame to align a main panel part to a predetermined position on the marriage jig frame, and a plurality of external force application units installed on the marriage jig frame to induce elastic deformation in the main panel part and form a marriage path along which a correlation panel part to be assembled with the main panel part can move.
Claims6
A panel assemble apparatus comprising:
- a marriage jig frame;
- a plurality of alignment units installed in the marriage jig frame and configured to align a main panel part to a predetermined position on the marriage jig frame;
- a plurality of external force application units installed on the marriage jig frame and configured to induce elastic deformation in the main panel part and form a marriage path along which a correlation panel part to be assembled with the main panel part moves,
- wherein each of the plurality of external force application units includes:
- a vacuum cup module movably installed on the marriage jig frame and configured to move forward and backward to allow vacuum adsorption of a flange portion formed at an edge portion of the main panel part, and
- a roller module movably installed on the marriage jig frame and configured to make rolling contact with a skin surface of the main panel part;
- and
- a plurality of multi-axis movement units on which the plurality of alignment units is mounted, wherein each of the plurality of multi-axis movement units is configured to move in a forward-backward direction, a left-right direction, and an up-down direction,
- wherein the plurality of alignment units includes:
- a plurality of supporters mounted on at least one multi-axis movement unit, among the plurality of multi-axis movement units, and configured to support an edge portion of the main panel part;
- and
- a plurality of locators mounted on at least one multi-axis movement unit, among the plurality of multi-axis movement units, and configured to clamp the edge portion of the main panel part,
- wherein the vacuum cup module is configured to move forward and vacuum adsorb the flange portion of the main panel part, and the plurality of alignment units releases support and fixation of the main panel part,
- wherein the roller module is configured to move forward to induce elastic deformation of the skin surface of the main panel part and the vacuum cup module is configured to move backwards to induce elastic deformation of the flange portion of the main panel part, and
- wherein the marriage path is formed by the elastic deformation of the main panel part by the vacuum cup module and the roller module, and the correlation panel part moves along the marriage path.
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