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US 10,471,584 B2Granted
Tool system including non-contact positioning device
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorGlen Bellikka
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Abstract
A tool system includes a rail, a trolley, a tool, a detent, and a target. The trolley is translatable between first and second positions along the rail. The tool is secured to the trolley. The detent includes a magnet. One of the target and the magnet is located at a third position along the rail, between the first and second positions. The other one of the target and the magnet is coupled to the trolley. The magnet and target cooperate to resist trolley movement away from the third position.
Claims20
A tool system comprising:
- a rail;
- a trolley translatable between first and second positions along the rail;
- a tool secured to the trolley;
- a detent including a magnet;
- and
- a target, one of the target and the magnet at a third position along the rail, between the first and second positions, the other one coupled to the trolley, the magnet and target cooperating to resist trolley movement away from the third position.
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A tool system comprising:
- a rail extending longitudinally along a rail axis;
- a trolley coupled to the rail and translatable along the rail between a first position along the rail and a second position along the rail;
- a lead attached to the trolley;
- a tool secured to the lead;
- a magnet;
- a ferromagnetic target member;
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- a first bracket coupled to the rail at a third position along the rail, the third position being between the first and second positions, the first bracket supporting one of the target member and the magnet and adjustable between a first bracket position wherein the one of the target member and the magnet is a first distance from the rail axis and a second bracket position wherein the one of the target member and the magnet is a second distance from the rail axis;
- wherein the other one of the target member and the magnet is coupled to the trolley, the magnet and the target member cooperating to magnetically resist movement of the trolley away from the third position along the rail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.