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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2008
Dalong Gao, Troy, MI (US);
Samuel P. Marin, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Shelia A. Marin, Legal Representative, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Roland J. Menassa, Macomb, MI (US);
Dalong Gao, Troy, MI (US);
Samuel P. Marin, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Shelia A. Marin, legal representative, Oakland Township, MI (US);
Roland J. Menassa, Macomb, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a flexible support assembly for supporting and/or locating a fixture on a tooling plate. The support assembly includes a stanchion with a bore, and a threaded portion on an inner-diameter surface thereof. A base plate is attached to, and configured to repositionably fix the stanchion to the tooling plate. A cylindrical sleeve with a threaded portion on an outer-diameter surface thereof is threadably engaged with the stanchion, whereby the sleeve is operable to telescope with respect to the stanchion between a first, lowest position and a second, highest position. A nut is threadably engaged with the sleeve to lock the sleeve at any predetermined position between the first and second positions. A locator pin is releasably engaged with the sleeve at a first end thereof. The locator pin has a protrusion projecting outward from a second opposing end thereof for engaging a pinhole in the fixture.