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US 2010/0072749 A1Published application
Clamp collar
AssigneeORIC Holding, L.P.
InventorBret VOELKEL
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Abstract
A clamp assembly for clamping together two support members of, for example, a roll bar or roll cage assembly, a method for assembling a roll bar or roll cage assembly using such a clamp assembly, and a clamp device that is part of the clamp assembly.
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A device comprising:
- a clamping component comprising two opposing jaws, each of the jaws including:
- a proximal end opposing the proximal end of the other jaw and separated from the proximal end of the other jaw by a proximal gap;
- a distal end;
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- a contacting region opposing the contacting region of the other jaw;
- a pivot piece including a fixed mounting portion and a pivotable mounting portion;
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- a pivot mount comprising:
- a base for mounting the pivot mount on an end of a first support member;
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- two support structures extending from the base of the pivot mount;
- wherein the fixed mounting portion of the pivot piece is fixedly mounted between the respective distal ends of the two jaws;
- wherein the pivotable mounting portion of the pivot piece is pivotably mounted between the two support structures of the pivot mount;
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- wherein when the opposing proximal ends of the two jaws are forced towards each other, the opposing contacting regions of the two jaws at least substantially complementarily clamp a second support member located between the opposing contacting regions to thereby hold the clamp component to the second support member.
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A method comprising the following steps:
- (a) pivoting a pivot mount and/or a clamp device of a clamp assembly to a desired angle with respect to each other;
- (b) fixing the clamp assembly at the desired angle by preventing the pivot mount from pivoting relative to the clamp device;
- (c) clamping the clamp device to the first support member by forcing towards each other respective proximal ends of two jaws of the clamp device so that opposing contacting regions of the two jaws at least substantially complementarily clamp the first support member between the two jaws;
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- (d) mounting the pivot mount on a second support member, wherein after steps (a), (b), (c) and (d) are performed, the clamp assembly connects the first and second support members to each other in a desired fixed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.