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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2007
Robin Stevenson, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ivan G. Sears, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Richard J. Skurkis, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Jeff Dellach, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Mike Vainstein, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Robin Stevenson, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Ivan G. Sears, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Richard J. Skurkis, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Jeff Dellach, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Mike Vainstein, Clinton Township, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations, Inc., Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A reconfigurable clamp is provided, where the clamp includes: a clamp body including a plurality of through holes formed within the clamp body; a plurality of movable pins which slidably fit within the through holes in the clamp body; wherein the movable pins incorporate a tapered section to facilitate locking of the movable pins; and wherein the clamp is reconfigurable by movement of the pins to conform to a surface geometry of an object of arbitrary shape through contact with that object. The clamped surface is represented as a series of discrete points corresponding to the ends of the plurality of pins.