# US 2009/0260211 A1 · Soft member mouting method and apparatus

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- Number: US 2009/0260211 A1
- Document ID: US20090260211A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 12/092,104
- Filed: 2005-11-16
- Published: 2009-10-22
- Earliest claimed: 2005-11-16
- Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Saeko Komatsu; Toshiyuki Kondo
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20090260211A1

## CPC

- B60R 13/06: Sealing strips (sealing arrangements for vehicle windows, windscreens, non-fixed roofs, doors, or similar devices B60J10/00)
- B23P 19/047: {for flexible profiles, e.g. sealing or decorating strips in grooves or on other profiles by devices moving along the flexible profile (hand tools therefor B25B27/0092)}
- B60J 10/45: {Assembling sealing arrangements with vehicle parts}
- Y10T 29/49826: Assembling or joining
- Y10T 29/49842: Between tube-forming helical coils
- Y10T 29/49845: by deforming interlock
- Y10T 29/49872: Confining elastic part in socket
- Y10T 29/53: Means to assemble or disassemble
- Y10T 29/53657: to apply or remove a resilient article [e.g., tube, sleeve, etc.]
- Y10T 29/53709: Overedge assembling means
- Y10T 29/53752: having rotary drive mechanism
- Y10T 29/53791: Edge binding
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23P: METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS (arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q)
- B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A method for mounting a soft member (11) on a longitudinal member (27) by pressing the soft member against the longitudinal member by a roller (21). The roller is so rotated that the peripheral speed (V2) of the pressing surface (21a) of the roller, which forms the outer peripheral surface of the roller, is equal to a transfer speed (V1) at which the roller is transferred along the longitudinal member or the peripheral speed is larger by 10% max. than the transfer speed (V1) partly in a roller transfer route. The soft member is pulled back in the opposite direction of the roller transfer direction by the rotating force of the roller to prevent the soft member from being loosened.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for mounting a soft member on an elongated member by fitting the soft member into the elongated member, the elongated member having a substantially U-shaped cross-section, the soft member having an elongated configuration, the method comprising the steps of:
temporarily attaching the soft member to the elongated member; and
rotating a roller while moving the roller on a route provided along the elongated member with the roller pressing the soft member, such that a pressed surface of the roller pressed against the soft member has a peripheral speed either equal to a speed of the movement of the roller or higher than the speed of the movement of the roller by a maximum of 10% of the speed of the movement of the roller when the roller reaches at least one part of the route,
wherein a pressing force of the roller exerted on the soft member is always constant as the roller presses the soft member.

### Claim 2

An apparatus for mounting a soft member on an elongated member by fitting the soft member into the elongated member, the elongated member having a substantially U-shaped cross-section, the soft member having an elongated configuration, the apparatus comprising:
a roller rotated by an actuator;
moving means for moving the roller along the elongated member with the roller pressing the soft member against the elongated member;
a force sensor disposed between the roller and the moving means for detecting a reaction force applied to the roller; and
a control unit for controlling the roller on the basis of the reaction force detected by the force sensor, such that a pressing force of the roller to press the soft member is constant while a pressed surface of the roller pressed against the soft member has a peripheral speed either equal to a speed of the movement of the roller or higher than the speed of the movement of the roller by a maximum of 10% of the speed of the movement of the roller.