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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2010
James Cahill, Columbus, OH (US);
William Peck, Grove City, OH (US);
Matthew Spiewacki, Hilliard, OH (US);
James Cahill, Columbus, OH (US);
William Peck, Grove City, OH (US);
Matthew Spiewacki, Hilliard, OH (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixture for selectably supporting a number of dissimilar workpieces. The fixture includes a frame with one or more rotatable workpiece tooling assemblies. Each workpiece tooling assembly has multiple faces to which is mounted workpiece support tooling. The workpiece support tooling may be designed to support dissimilar workpieces, such that a single fixture may support any of a given number of workpieces by simply rotating the workpiece tooling assembly or assemblies until the corresponding support tooling is properly positioned. A locking assembly may be provided to releasably secure each workpiece tooling assembly in the various support orientations that coincide with each of its faces.