VEHICULAR BODY ASSEMBLY LOCKING APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

A vehicle body positioning and locking devices for use in assembling a vehicle body positioned on a movable vehicle support positioned at a vehicle build station (14). The locking device includes a remote vehicle locking device for selectively securing and locking a vehicle body to a support pallet (10). The support pallet is accurately and precisely positioned at a build station through alignment and inserting engagement of locating pads (86) in at least one four-way and at least one two way receiver mounted to a build station foundation. A compliant body clamp design is included to provide a desired clamping force between the pallet and a vehicle body across a range of motion of the body clamp to accommodate vehicle build variances.