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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2019
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Richard Roy Worthing, Jr., Liberty Township, OH (US);
Joseph Edward Hampshire, West Chester, OH (US);
Jinjie Shi, Mason, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are workpiece-assemblies, and systems and methods for aligning a plurality of workpieces with a build plane. A system may include an alignment plate, one or more elevating blocks, and a workpiece-assembly. A workpiece-assembly may include a build plate that has a plurality of workpiece docks, a plurality of workpiece shoes that have a slot configured to receive a portion of one or more workpieces respectively inserted or insertable into the plurality of workpiece docks, a plurality of biasing members respectively situated or situatable between the build plate and the plurality of workpiece shoes so as to exert a biasing force upon the workpiece shoes, and one or more clamping mechanisms coupled or couplable to the build plate and operable to secure the plurality of workpiece shoes within the respective workpiece docks.