US 12,227,247 B2
Apparatus for supporting vehicle body during assembly
Min Ick Cho, Ulsan (KR); Jungmin Kang, Ulsan (KR); Jeong Hwan Ha, Gyeongju-si (KR); and Suwhan Kim, Ulsan (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/956,289.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0177457 (KR), filed on Dec. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0182837 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 65/18 (2006.01); B62D 65/02 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 65/18 (2013.01) [B62D 65/026 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for supporting a vehicle body during assembly, the apparatus comprising:
a support frame;
at least one first vehicle body supporting portion installed on a front portion of the support frame configured to be movable in a vehicle width direction;
at least one first position adjustment unit positioned on the front portion of the support frame and configured to manually vary a position of a corresponding first vehicle body supporting portion;
at least one second vehicle body supporting portion positioned on a rear portion of the support frame capable of clamping; and
at least one second position adjustment unit positioned on the rear portion of the support frame and configured to manually vary a position in a vehicle length direction of a corresponding second vehicle body supporting portion;
wherein the at least one first position adjustment unit comprises:
a first rotation plate positioned on the front portion of the support frame configured to be rotatable by a preset rotation angle; and
a plurality of first positioners having different lengths in the vehicle width direction, positioned on an edge portion of the first rotation plate with a spacing corresponding to a rotation angle of the first rotation plate, and selectively coupled to the at least one first vehicle body supporting portion.