Automated Door Hinge Mounting System for Vehicle Assembly

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Solution Overview

Problem

Manual mounting of door hinges on vehicle side panels is unreliable, leading to potential quality degradation due to human error and inefficiency in vehicle manufacturing.

Innovation Solution

An auto mounting system comprising a door hinge stacking part, arranging part, picking part, and an auto robot with a controller, which automatically stacks, arranges, picks, and bolts door hinges onto the side panels, minimizing human intervention and ensuring precise mounting.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual mounting of door hinge is used, then ease of operation is improved, but reliability and manufacturing precision deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of operationVSAvoidreliability
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The door hinge stacking part automatically feeds door hinges to the arranging part without human intervention. The system serves itself by having the stacking part directly supply components to the arranging part, eliminating manual handling while maintaining operational continuity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The door hinge arranging part acts as an intermediary between the stacking part and the mounting location. It receives door hinges from the stacking part, positions them precisely, and prepares them for mounting, thereby ensuring both reliability and manufacturing precision while reducing direct manual intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Device complexity

If manual mounting of door hinge is used, then device complexity is reduced, but productivity deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice complexityVSAvoidproductivity
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The mounting system is segmented into distinct functional modules: door hinge stacking part, door hinge arranging part, and door hinge mounting part. Each module performs a specific function, allowing for efficient automated operation while keeping individual components relatively simple and manageable.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Reliability

If automated mounting system is used, then reliability and productivity are improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovereliabilityVSAvoiddevice complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The stacking part, arranging part, and mounting part are merged into a single integrated door hinge mounting system. This combination allows automated operation across all stages while managing complexity through unified control and coordinated operation of the integrated components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS10155555B2Auto mounting system of door hinge for vehicle and method thereof
Publication Date: 2018.12.18 KIA CORPORATION
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AI summary

The present disclosure relates to an auto mounting system of a door hinge for a vehicle and a method thereof, and more particularly, to an auto mounting system of a door hinge for the vehicle and a method thereof capable of automatically mounting the door hinges on side panels of the vehicle using an auto mounting apparatus of a door hinge to automatically mount the door hinges for front and rear doors on the side panels of the vehicle, thereby improving operation convenience due to the minimization of the number of workers, assembling quality, operating ratio.