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Apparatus for feeding and installing hinge pins for motor vehicles doors

US5123148A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 19, 1990
Grant dateJun 23, 1992
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Expiry dateSep 19, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53961
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A hinge pin couples a first hinge receiver mounted on a vehicle body and a second hinge receiver mounted on a door to be installed on the vehicle body. The hinge pin is removed from the vehicle body and the door to separate the vehicle body and the door from each other after the vehicle body and the door have been coated, and the removed pin engages in a hinge pin engaging member. The hinge pin is fed to a position where the vehicle body and the door are to be assembled together, and the hinge pin is removed from the hinge pin engaging member. Then, the removed hinge pin is pressed into the first and second hinge receivers which are aligned with each other, thereby coupling the vehicle body and the door to each other.

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