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Method and arrangement for assembly of component parts, preferably for motor vehicles

US3968559A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 15, 1973
Grant dateJul 13, 1976
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Expiry dateMay 15, 1993

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49829
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method of assembling individual units of automobiles in an assembly line in which each unit or parts of the unit are transported on individual motor-driven transport cars, the movement of the cars being individually controlled by signals from control wires connected with a control center and running in the direction of the line. The invention also comprises an apparatus as well as a transport car to be used in said method.

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