Method for assembly of automotive vehicle body components
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsBert Niessen, Ruediger Maier
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Abstract
A method for fitting a vehicle body component to a body shell of a vehicle having at least one side wall includes the steps of gauging an actual position of a partial area of the side wall relative to a first coordinate axis of the vehicle, plotting a first reference point relative to the first coordinate axis on the basis of the gauged actual position, and mounting the vehicle body component at a designated position relative to the first reference point. The partial area may advantageously be a vehicle A-pillar, B-pillar, or C-pillar. The method affords a simpler and more cost-effective fitting of the vehicle body components. The method is also feasible in less mechanized production facilities.
Claims12
A method for fitting a vehicle body component to a body shell of a vehicle having a side wall, the method comprising:
- gauging an actual position of a partial area of the side wall relative to a first coordinate axis of the vehicle;
- plotting a first reference point relative to the first coordinate axis on the basis of the gauged actual position, the first reference point plotted relative to an actual zero point located at a vehicle center relative to the first coordinate axis;
- plotting a second reference point relative to the actual zero point, the second reference point located an equal distance from the zero point in an opposite direction along the first coordinate axis;
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- mounting the vehicle body component relative to the first reference point.
A method for fitting a front end support frame to a body shell of a vehicle having a left and a right side wall, the method comprising:
- gauging an actual position of a partial area of at least one of the side walls relative to a lateral axis of the vehicle;
- registering the actual position of the partial area relative to the lateral axis;
- from the actual position, determining an actual zero point of the body shell relative to the lateral coordinate axis;
- plotting a first reference point relative to the lateral axis on the basis of the actual zero point;
- plotting a second reference point relative to the lateral axis on the basis of the actual zero point, the second reference point being located an equal distance from the zero point in an opposite direction along the first coordinate axis;
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- securing the front end support frame to the body shell at a designated position relative to at least one of the first and second reference points.
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