Automotive body transfer method and transfer system

An automotive body transfer system for carrying out handing over of a body between transfer means and transferred-to means in an automobile production process,

• characterized in that the transfer means is formed by mounting, on a carrier moving along a conveying direction of the body, front and rear pairs of left and right support arms capable of supporting one longitudinal half of each of front and rear pairs of left and right jack-up brackets formed in lower parts of left and right side sills of the body so that the support arms can pivot between a working position in which said one half is supported and a retracted position in which the support arms are moved back toward the inside of the body and so that the support arms can move up and down, and the transferred-to means comprises front and rear pairs of left and right transferred-to means disposed so as to be able to support the other longitudinal half of each of the jack-up brackets, and the body supported by the transferred-to means is positioned in a stationary assembly station, and brining-in and taking-out of the body relative to the stationary assembly station are carried out by the transfer means and the transferred-to means.