Tire mounting method
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsSaeko KOMATSU, Yoshito Otake
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Abstract
A tire mounting apparatus is constructed from a first working mechanism and a second working mechanism that are separate from each other. The first working mechanism is provided with a tire holding device for holding a tire and with a temporary tightening device for temporarily tightening nuts onto hub bolts to which the tire is mounted. The second working mechanism is provided with a final tightening device means for finally tightening the temporarily tightened nuts. The final tightening device includes two nut runners and an interval adjuster for adjusting an interval between the two nut runners.
Claims5
1-40. (canceled)
A tire mounting method for automatically mounting a tire onto hub bolts of a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- gripping the tire and temporarily tightening nuts on the hub bolts on which the tire has been placed with a first working mechanism;
- fully tightening the nuts that have been temporarily tightened by the first working mechanism with a second working mechanism, which is disposed in association with a first mounting region on a front wheel side or on a rear wheel side of the motor vehicle;
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- fully tightening the nuts that have been temporarily tightened by the first working mechanism with a third working mechanism, which is disposed in association with a second mounting region on the rear wheel side or on the front wheel side of the motor vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.