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Title:
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TAKING OUT SIDE PANEL
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3784698
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a device for taking out a side panel capable of coping with any change of the vehicle kind.
SOLUTION: Side panels 2 suspended by a hanger 3 are taken out one by one by a robot arm 4 and a hand tool 5. The hand tool 5 comprises a first holding unit 7, a second holding unit 8 and a connection member 9. The first holding unit 7 comprises a side sill sensor 10, a front sensor 11, a first attitude sensor 12, and a first vacuum pad 13. The second holding unit 8 comprises a rear sensor 14, a second attitude sensor 15, and a second vacuum pad 16. The attitude of the side panel 2 is detected by the first and second attitude sensors 12 and 15, and the hand tool 5 is shifted in the transverse direction to detect a side sill 2s and a rear wheel house 2w by the side sill sensor 10 and the rear sensor 14, respectively. The hand tool 5 is shifted in the longitudinal direction to detect a front pillar lower part 2f by the front sensor 11, and to such and hold the side panel 2 by the first and second vacuum pads 13 and 16.


Inventors:
Morita Hiroshi
Shinji Ikeda
Hideo Saito
Application Number:
JP2001351404A
Publication Date:
June 14, 2006
Filing Date:
November 16, 2001
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Honda motor industry stock company
International Classes:
B25J13/08; B62D65/00; (IPC1-7): B25J13/08; B62D65/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP10265051A
JP6170771A
JP63052957A
JP558453A
JP2002219680A
JP2000190272A
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tatsuhiko Sato
Takehiro Chiba