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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
James A Whitehouse, Gig Harbor, WA (US);
Assignee:
Nicholson Manufacturing Company, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
292814 ; 269296 ; 269309 ; 269900 ; 269 71 ;
Abstract
An x-y-z motion jack unit is mounted on a base frame supported by precision made floor inserts at an assembly site. The inserts are precision positioned in the floor and each insert presents a horizontal support surface for the base frame and a vertical threaded bore receiving an anchoring pin provided by an anchoring unit mounted on the base frame. Multiple of the jack units can be integrated into a computerized adjustment system for positioning aircraft structural components during assembly.