Tool assembly
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorKenneth J. Gosinski
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Abstract
The tool assembly can be used in a manufacturing process and includes a support structure and a clamp arm pivotally coupled to the support structure. The tool assembly further includes a base fixed to the support structure. The clamp arm is configured to move relative to the base between an open position and a closed position. The clamp arm is wholly or partly made of a polymeric material, the polymeric material include at least one polyamide. The tool assembly can hold a panel between the base and the clamp arm when the clamp arm is in the closed position.
Claims20
A tool assembly, comprising:
- a support structure;
- a clamp arm pivotally coupled to the support structure;
- a base fixed to the support structure, wherein the clamp arm is configured to move relative to the base between an open position and a closed position;
- wherein the clamp arm comprises a polymeric material including at least one polyamide;
- and
- wherein the tool assembly is configured to hold a panel between the base and the clamp arm when the clamp arm is in the closed position.
A tool assembly, comprising:
- a riser made of a metallic material;
- a support structure coupled to the riser and made of a polymeric material;
- a base fixed to the support structure;
- a clamp arm pivotally coupled to the support structure, the clamp arm made of the polymeric material, the clamp arm being configured to move relative to the support structure between an open position and a closed position;
- wherein the polymeric material includes polycaprolactam;
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- wherein the tool assembly is configured to hold a panel between the base and the clamp arm when the clamp arm is in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.