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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2022
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Andrew Thomas Cunningham, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Ali Shabbir, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Hassan Ajami, Chandler, AZ (US);
Ibrahim El Khatib, Chandler, AZ (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
Presented are hybrid fixture assemblies with integrated additive manufactured features, methods for making/using such fixtures, and manufacturing systems equipped with such fixtures. A manufacturing fixture assembly includes a fixture support frame formed, at least in part, from a first material, and a fixture support shell formed, at least in part, from a second material distinct from the first material. The support frame, which seats on/mounts to a work surface, includes a skeletal substructure with multiple male connectors projecting therefrom. The skeletal substructure contains multiple first frame walls that are removably intermeshed with multiple second frame walls in a collapsible format. The support shell includes a support surface that holds a workpiece, an interface surface that abuts the skeletal substructure, and multiple female connectors that project from the interface surface. Each female connector removably receives therein a respective male connector to thereby detachably mount the support shell to the support frame.