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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2002
Applicants:
Abid Ghuman, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
John E. Robertson, Troy, MI (US);
Bruce Giezentanner, Troy, MI (US);
Inventors:
Abid Ghuman, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
John E. Robertson, Troy, MI (US);
Bruce Giezentanner, Troy, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q003/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tooling plate to fixture a workpiece for a vehicle subassembly is provided, including a planar bodyfor supporting fixture toolsfor holding a workpiece, a connector mechanism to allow the planar bodyto be removably connected with a workpiece presenter, and a locater mechanismto locate the planar bodywith respect to the workpiece presenterin a repeatable manner.