WO2005061314A1 - Procede pour assembler une cabine de vehicule destinee a un camion et cabine de vehicule fabriquee selon ce procede - Google Patents

Procede pour assembler une cabine de vehicule destinee a un camion et cabine de vehicule fabriquee selon ce procede Download PDF

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WO2005061314A1
WO2005061314A1 PCT/SE2004/001957 SE2004001957W WO2005061314A1 WO 2005061314 A1 WO2005061314 A1 WO 2005061314A1 SE 2004001957 W SE2004001957 W SE 2004001957W WO 2005061314 A1 WO2005061314 A1 WO 2005061314A1
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Michael Dyverfors
Raimo Tenhunen
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Volvo Lastvagnar Ab
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D33/00—Superstructures for load-carrying vehicles
    • B62D33/06—Drivers' cabs
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D65/00—Designing, manufacturing, e.g. assembling, facilitating disassembly, or structurally modifying motor vehicles or trailers, not otherwise provided for
    • B62D65/02—Joining sub-units or components to, or positioning sub-units or components with respect to, body shell or other sub-units or components
    • B62D65/14—Joining sub-units or components to, or positioning sub-units or components with respect to, body shell or other sub-units or components the sub-units or components being passenger compartment fittings, e.g. seats, linings, trim, instrument panels

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  • the present invention relates to a method for assembling a driver's cab in accordance with the preamble to the following patent claim 1.
  • the present invention also relates to a driver ' s cab in accordance with the preamble to the following patent claim 2.
  • Cab bodies for vehicle cabs for trucks are traditionally assembled as an entity by welding together different parts of the cab body, i.e. a front part, side parts, bottom part and rear part, after which the cab body is transported to the paint shop. All the internal components are then installed, such as the inner front unit with most of the driver functions, seats, trim panels, etc. These components are introduced into the inner space of the cab body through one or both of the door openings in the side parts of the cab body. This has become increasingly unfavorable from the point of view of the working environment because several of these units are pre-assembled and are accordingly heavy and unwieldy.
  • the inner front unit may be constructed on a bearer in the form of a framework structure or a sheet-metal structure, which must be introduced together with the entire unit from the side and fixed in a specific position before being attached to the cab body by means of a connection of some kind, such as fixing elements or adhesive or a combination of both types .
  • the object of the present invention is to increase the efficiency of production of vehicle cabs and to provide a better working environment.
  • Fig. 1 uses an exploded view to show three components of the modular system on which the method in accordance with the invention is based;
  • Fig. 2 uses a perspective view to show an inner front unit included in the modular system
  • Fig. 3 uses a perspective view to illustrate the method of installation in accordance with the invention
  • Fig. 4 uses a perspective view to show a panel unit during installation in a cab in accordance with the invention
  • Fig. 5 uses a perspective view to show a subsequent stage of installation in accordance with the invention, in which installation of the rear piece can begin.
  • a vehicle cab As shown inter alia in Fig. 1, the basic structure of a vehicle cab is executed as a cab body 1, in which a front part 2, roof part 3, two side parts 4, 5 and a bottom part 6 together form an integrated unit produced as an entity, i.e. as a first stage, appropriately by pressing and welding together steel sheet, after which the unit is transported to the paint shop for painting.
  • the cab body 1 exhibits in a conventional fashion a front opening 7 in the front part 2 for the windscreen of the truck and on each side part 4, 5 a side opening 8, 9 for each door of the cab.
  • the term cab body is used in this context to denote not only a supporting beam structure, but also the shell or body of a cab, i.e. components which may be more or less self- supporting.
  • the integrated cab unit in this first assembly stage lacks a rear part, and the integrated cab body unit is instead fully open to the rear, as may best be appreciated from Figure 4, which shows a rear opening 10 that is bounded by the rear edge 11 of the roof part 3, the rear edges 12,13 of the side parts 4, 5 and the rear edge 14 of the bottom part. All of these rear edges are executed with transverse attachment flanges 15, 16, 17, 18, which extend essentially in a common plane.
  • the rear part of the cab body is in fact executed as a separate unit in a single piece, henceforth referred to as the rear piece 19, which is produced entirely separately from the production of the integrated cab body unit 20.
  • the rear piece 19 is similarly executed with advantage in steel sheet, which in principle may be flat, but which is appropriately pressed into the shape of a rearwardly rounded and outwardly convex form, partly for reasons of strength, and partly for aesthetic and aerodynamic reasons .
  • the rear piece 19 exhibits attachment flanges or edges, 21, 22, 23, 24 all the way round for attachment to the corresponding attachment flanges 15-18 on the cab body unit 20.
  • edges 21-24 of the rear piece and the attachment flanges 15-18 of the cab body unit exhibit holes all the way round for attachment devices, such as rivets or screws, to form a secure connection between the rear piece and the cab body unit.
  • Glued joints can also be used separately or in combination with other joints .
  • a vehicle cab or driver's cab consists of a number of components for driver functions, comfort and personal safety, etc.
  • One of these is an inner front unit 25, observed from the front in Fig. 1 and from the rear in Fig. 2, viewed from the usual direction of travel of the vehicle.
  • This unit consists of a large number of components for control functions, such as a steering wheel 26, a pedal box 27 and an instrument panel 28 with instruments 29, other operating controls, trim panels 30, any air bags, air conditioning ducts, etc.
  • the inner front unit 25 is supported by a bearing structure 31 in the form of sheet metal or beam structure.
  • the unit 25 is assembled to form a complete unit separately outside the cab body and is installed in its place inside the cab body, as described below in greater detail.
  • the integrated front part 2 is similarly executed as a bearing structure with a windscreen beam 32 beneath the windscreen opening 7 and additional beams 33 for the strength of the cab unit and for interaction with the bearing structure of the inner front unit in the finally assembled state.
  • a further part of the cab is the side panels 34, 35. and the roof panel 36, which together can form, an integrated panel unit 37, as shown by way of example in Fig. 4.
  • This unit too, can be produced with advantage in its entirety outside the cab body and can be assembled by the method in accordance with ' the invention.
  • an assembly fixture 38 for the panel unit 37 which is not usually self- supporting but requires support in positions before the finally assembled position.
  • the form of the cab unit can with advantage be conical in the direction of travel with an inner space 39, the transverse dimensions of which decrease from the opening 10 forwards, which amplifies the advantages of the method in accordance with the invention.
  • cab in accordance with the invention, which provides the conditions for the method in accordance with the invention for the assembly and installation of the cab, which is described below in accordance with the invention.
  • Assembly in accordance with the invention can be used for both continuous assembly on a moving line and assembly at workstations .
  • the integrated cab body unit 1 is supported in a stable fashion on a base and is positioned in the same way as the unit when it is in the operating position, for example as shown in Fig. 1, in conjunction with which the rear piece 19 is situated completely to the side, so that the rearward-facing opening 10 is fully exposed and the inner space is freely accessible for assembly.
  • Assembly of the inner front unit 25, as shown in Fig. 1 takes place outside the integrated cab body unit 1 to what is to all intents and purposes a complete unit installed on its supporting structure 31.
  • This complete unit is lifted with advantage into the inner space 39 of the cab body unit through the rear opening 10, in conjunction with which the unit can be introduced into the cab in an essentially linear fashion directly towards its installed position, for example directly towards guides in the form of rearward-facing support pins or threaded fixing pins, on which the inner front unit can be hung during the final assembly stage, for example secured by nuts or fixing screws in holes.
  • the appropriate form of the cab body unit with conically decreasing boundary surfaces in the forward direction i.e. wall parts 8, 9, a bottom part 6 and a roof part 3
  • the front unit can be introduced directly into the final installed position without obstruction.
  • This movement can be undertaken, for example, by a robot with supporting arms capable of extending into the internal space 39 of the cab body unit, while the other parts of the robot or the lifting arrangement are situated behind the cab body unit.
  • the panel unit 37 which is supported by the fixture 38 and is lifted in through the rear opening 10, similarly directly from the rear, for example with a robot or some other lifting arrangement, in order to introduce the panel unit directly from behind into the inner space 39 of the cab as far as its final position, where the panel unit is secured to the inside of the boundary walls of the cab body unit by means of appropriate fixing devices, such as attachment clips, glued joints or similar. All the other interior fittings are then installed through the rear opening 10, such as seats, etc., which can be lifted into the inner space in a corresponding fashion by means of lifting devices with penetrating arms, which introduce seat units and lower them onto the bottom part and are guided in via guides and are secured with fixing elements .
  • the separate pack piece is installed and is itself appropriately moved into position directly from behind or is moved from the side to a position directly in line with the rear opening 10, after which it. is connected to the peripheral edges 11, 12, 13, 14 of the cab body unit around the rear opening 10, and more specifically is applied with the peripheral edges 21, 22, 23, 24 of the rear piece against the flanges 15, 16, 17, 18, appropriately with the help of certain guides, e.g. pins or edges, after which the rear piece is attached, for example by means of screws, adhesive or a combination of the two.
  • the rear piece is handled, for example, by means of a lifting device with suction cups applied to the rear side of the rear piece. If necessary, the rear piece may also be provided with interior fittings such as a bed or beds and trim panels on the inside, etc.

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L'invention concerne un procédé pour assembler une cabine pour un camion, qui comprend la carrosserie de cabine (1) avec une partie avant présentant une ouverture (8) pour pare-brise, des côtés latéraux (5) avec des ouvertures latérales (8) destinées aux portes, une partie de fond, une partie de toit (3) et une partie arrière (19) ainsi qu'une partie avant interne (25), des panneaux de garnissage et des accessoires d'intérieur. Dans un premier stade, les diverses parties de la carrosserie de cabine sont assemblées sans la partie arrière (19), la carrosserie de cabine restant totalement ouverte à l'arrière. Dans un deuxième stade, l'unité avant interne (25), les panneaux de garnissage et au moins les grands composants des accessoires d'intérieur sont introduits par l'arrière, à travers l'ouverture à l'arrière, et ces unités sont montées après avoir été introduites. Dans un troisième stade, l'ouverture arrière est refermée par l'installation de la partie arrière (19), qui se présente comme une pièce arrière séparée, montée isolément, par la fixation à la partie de toit (3), des parties latérales et de la partie de fond de la cabine. L'invention concerne aussi une cabine fabriquée conformément à ce procédé.
PCT/SE2004/001957 2003-12-22 2004-12-20 Procede pour assembler une cabine de vehicule destinee a un camion et cabine de vehicule fabriquee selon ce procede WO2005061314A1 (fr)

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