Method and device for simulation of a closing wedge

US7100258B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• INOS AUTOMATIONSSOFTWARE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Charalambos Tassakos · Stuttgart, DE
• Jan-Thomas Metge · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 18, 2003
• Grant date: Sep 5, 2006
• Expiry date: Dec 2, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/53991
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns a method and a device (10) for closing wedge simulation to set gap dimensions between a movable flap (5; 5a, 5b) of a vehicle and the surrounding body (1) of the vehicle. The flap (5; 5a, 5b) is initially fitted and held in a roughly adjusted installation position in alignment with the body (1). The flap (5; 5a, 5b) is then finely adjusted such that predeterminable gap dimensions can be met with optimum precision. Finally, the flap (5; 5a, 5b) is movably fixed in the finely adjusted installation position on the body (1). To simplify the closing wedge simulation without losing accuracy for fine adjustment of the flap (5; 5a, 5b), the invention proposes to suction the flap (5; 5a, 5b) against a mechanical stop (15) for fine adjustment using a pneumatic suctioning device (16), wherein the mechanical stop (15) is fixed relative to the surrounding body (1) and is freely pivotable about a substantially vertical axis of rotation (13).