Back to results
US 2012/0018938 A1Published application
Multi-purpose vacuum clamp table
AssigneeVibration Technologies, LLC
InventorsMichael Cone, Darien Brookfield Crane, James Wagner
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus for constraining an object includes a first clamping surface configured to apply a first holding force to a first surface of the object; a second clamping surface configured to apply a second holding force to a second surface of the object; and an actuator configured to selectively move the second clamping surface relative to the first clamping surface.
Claims21
An apparatus for constraining an object, the apparatus comprising:
- a first clamping surface configured to apply a first holding force to a first surface of the object;
- a second clamping surface configured to apply a second holding force to a second surface of the object;
- and
- an actuator configured to selectively move the second clamping surface relative to the first clamping surface.
1 more element
A method of constraining an object, comprising:
- applying a first holding force to the object to hold the object against a first clamping surface;
- performing a first vibrational modal analysis on the object;
- applying a second holding force to the object to hold the object against a second clamping surface;
- changing a resonant characteristic of the object;
- releasing the second clamping surface from the object;
- and
- performing a second vibrational modal analysis on the object.
4 more elements
A method of constraining an object, comprising:
- applying a first holding force to the object to hold the object against a first clamping surface;
- applying a second holding force to the object to hold the object against a second clamping surface;
- and
- moving the second clamping surface relative to the first clamping surface.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.