Device for aligning door hinge of automatic system for mounting door hinge to vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorTaeheun Jin
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Abstract
A device for aligning door hinges of an automatic system that mounts door hinges to a vehicle automatically mounts a plurality of door hinges within a hinge box to upper and lower seats on pillars of a vehicle body conveyed by a conveying unit. The device includes at least one stand frame and a tilting plate that is coupled to the stand frame to tile the tilting plate in an upward and downward direction. In addition, the device includes a tilting cylinder that is vertically disposed with one side hinged to the stand frame and the other side hinged to the tilting plate.
Claims15
A device that aligns a plurality of door hinges contained within a hinge box, in an automatic system for mounting door hinges to upper and lower seats on pillars of a vehicle body, the device comprising:
- at least one stand frame;
- a tilting plate coupled to the stand frame to tilt the tilting plate is tilted in an upward and downward direction;
- a tilting cylinder vertically disposed with a first side hinged to the stand frame and a second side hinged to the tilting plate
- a vibration plate seated on the top of the tilting plate and supported by edges of the tilting plate;
- and
- a vibrating mechanism disposed on a bottom of the tilting plate and configured to vibrate the vibration plate,
- wherein the vibrating mechanism includes:
- a vibration cylinder fixed to the bottom of the tilting plate and having a rack on an actuating rod that reciprocates in a plane direction of the tilting plate;
- a rotary shaft disposed across the actuating rod and rotatably disposed on the bottom of the tilting plate;
- a pinion gear fixed to the rotary shaft corresponds the rack on the actuating rod;
- and
- at least one hitting member fitted coaxially on the rotary shaft and configured to apply vibration to the vibration plate through apertures formed through the tilting plate.
A device for aligning a plurality of door hinges contained within a hinge box, in an automatic system that automatically mounts door hinges to upper and lower seats on pillars of a vehicle body conveyed by a conveying unit, the device comprising:
- a hinge guide disposed on a bottom inside of the hinge box and configured to support the door hinges;
- at least one stand frame;
- and
- a tilting plate that supports the hinge box is coupled to the stand frame to tilt the tilting plate in an upward and downward direction,
- wherein the door hinges within the hinge box are aligned by gravity through the hinge guide, by tilting the tilting plate, and
- wherein the door hinges within the hinge box are automatically aligned by vibration applied to the stand frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.