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Reconfigurable fixture device and methods of use

US7761974B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

17Claims

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Assignee

GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC · US

Inventors

Alan L. Browne · Grosse Pointe, US
Douglas Martin Linn · Cave Springs, US
Nilesh D. Mankame · Ann Arbor, US
Roland J. Menassa · Chesterfield Township, US
Ivan G. Sears · Rochester Hills, US
Robin Stevenson · Bloomfield, US
Christopher P. Henry · Thousand Oaks, US
Nancy L. Johnson · Northville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 19, 2006
Grant date	Jul 27, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 29, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49998
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A process generally includes contacting a surface of at least one workpiece with a reconfigurable pad of a fixture device, wherein the reconfigurable pad comprises a shape memory material configured to conform to the surface of the at least one workpiece, and fixturing the contacted workpiece.

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