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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2012
Ronald Andrew Kotula, Troy, MI (US);
Michael A. Filipiak, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James R. Kalb, Petersburg, MI (US);
Keith M. Price, Clinton, MI (US);
Ronald Andrew Kotula, Troy, MI (US);
Donald Van Zile, III, New Baltimore, MI (US);
Brandon Scott Jacobi, Warren, MI (US);
Michael A. Filipiak, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James R. Kalb, Petersburg, MI (US);
Keith M. Price, Clinton, MI (US);
Norgren Automation Solutions, LLC, Saline, MI (US);
Abstract
A modular tooling apparatus having serrated teeth for providing orbital and linear adjustment of a modular tool. The modular tooling apparatus includes a mounting member and a base coupling having mating contoured surfaces for providing linear adjustment of the base coupling relative to the mounting member. A spacer is provided having contoured surfaces wherein the contoured surfaces matingly and adjustably connect to a contoured surface of the base coupling for rotational adjustment of the modular tool about a longitudinal axis. The modular tool has a contoured surface that matingly and adjustably connects to the contoured surface of the spacer for rotational adjustment about the longitudinal axis. A biasing member engages the spacer and the modular tool for biasing the spacer toward the base member and away from the modular tool.