Positioning fixture for shearing

• US 9,126,312 B2
• Filed: 10/23/2012
• Issued: 09/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Tseng, Min-Tsang
• Primary Examiner(s): Wilson, Lee D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Deonauth, Nirvana
• Application Number:
  US13/658,090
• Publication Number:
  US 20130161890A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,050 Days
• Field of Search: 269/43, 269/45, 269/254.CS, 269/152, 269309-310, 269/156, 269/196, 269/217, 269/229
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B23Q 3/104 V-blocks
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 1/103 with one screw perpendicular to the jaw faces, e.g. a differential or telescopic screw
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 1/2405 Construction of the jaws
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 5/10 using screws
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 5/163 Jaws or jaw attachments

Abstract

A positioning fixture includes a support base and two clamping assemblies. The support base includes a support surface defining a positioning hole and two sliding slots. The two clamping assemblies are mounted in the two sliding slots respectively, and partly protruding out from the support surface. Each of the clamping assemblies includes a pair of clamping blocks and a pair of elastic members. The pair of clamping blocks is slidably engaged in the corresponding sliding slot. The pair of elastic members is mounted in two ends of the corresponding sliding slot to resist one of the pair of the clamping blocks against the other one of the pair of the clamping blocks, respectively, such that the pair of the clamping blocks is capable of abutting and resisting each other.

Claims

1. A positioning fixture, comprising:

a support base comprising a support surface, the support surface defining a positioning hole and two sliding slots; and

two clamping assemblies mounted in the two sliding slots of the support base, respectively, and partly protruding out from the support surface;

wherein each of the clamping assemblies comprises a pair of clamping blocks and a pair of elastic members, the pair of clamping blocks is substantially L-shaped and comprises a body portion and a clamping portion protruding out from one end of the body portion, the body portion is slidably mounted in the corresponding sliding slot, the clamping portion is substantially wedged and protrudes out from the support surface, and the pair of elastic members is mounted in two ends of the corresponding sliding slot to resist one of the pair of the clamping blocks with the other one of the pair of the clamping blocks, respectively, such that the pair of the clamping blocks is capable of resisting and abutting each other.

2. The positioning fixture of claim 1, wherein the positioning hole is a through hole defined in a substantially center of the support surface.

3. The positioning fixture of claim 2, wherein the support base comprises two sidewalls parallel to each other and connected to the support surface, and the two sliding slots are symmetrically defined in the support surface along a direction perpendicular to the sidewalls.

4. The positioning fixture of claim 3, wherein two mounting grooves are defined in an edge of each of the sidewalls communicated with the sliding slots and exposed of the support surface, respectively, the clamping assembly further comprises a pair of resisting blocks securely mounted in the two mounting grooves, respectively, and each of the pair of elastic members is sandwiched between one of the pair of the resisting blocks and the corresponding clamping block to generate an elastic force for the clamping block.

5. The positioning fixture of claim 1, wherein each of the clamping portions comprises a clamping surface formed on an end thereof adjacent to the other one of the pair of the clamping portions and an inclined surface connected to the clamping surface away from the body portion, and a V-shaped guiding groove is cooperatively defined by the inclined surfaces of the two clamping blocks.

6. The positioning fixture of claim 1, wherein a cross-section of the sliding slot taken along a direction parallel to the sidewalls is substantially inverted T-shaped, and a cross-section of the body portion taken along the direction parallel to the sidewalls is substantially inverted T-shaped, such that the body portion is slidably mounted in the sliding slot.

7. The positioning fixture of claim 1, wherein the resisting block comprises a base portion and a resisting portion protruding out from the base portion, the base portion is mounted and received in the mounting groove, and the resisting portion is slidably mounted together with the body portion of the clamping block.

8. The positioning fixture of claim 1, wherein the support surface defines two positioning grooves symmetrically in two sides of the positioning hole, communicated with the positioning hole.

9. The positioning fixture of claim 8, wherein the positioning groove is substantially cross-shaped, and a bottom surface of the positioning grooves is arcuate.

10. The positioning fixture of claim 9, wherein at least one unloading hole is defined in the support surface, penetrating through a periphery of the support base and communicating with the corresponding positioning groove.

11. A positioning fixture, comprising:

a support base comprising a support surface, the support surface defining a positioning hole in a substantially center thereof, two positioning grooves symmetrically defined on two sides of the positioning hole communicated with the positioning hole and two sliding slots; and

two clamping assemblies slidably mounted in the two sliding slots respectively, and partly protruding out from the support surface;

wherein each of the clamping assemblies comprises a pair of clamping blocks and a pair of elastic members, the pair of clamping blocks is substantially L-shaped and comprises a body portion and a clamping portion protruding out from one end of the body portion, the body portion is slidably mounted in the sliding slot, the clamping portion is substantially wedged and protrudes out from the support surface, and the pair of elastic members is mounted in two ends of the corresponding sliding slot to resist one of the pair of the clamping blocks with the other one of the pair of the clamping blocks, respectively, such that the pair of the clamping blocks are capable of abutting and resisting each other.

12. The positioning fixture of claim 11, wherein the support base comprises two sidewalls parallel to each other and connected to the support surface, and the two sliding slots are symmetrically defined in the support surface along a direction perpendicular to the sidewalls.

13. The positioning fixture of claim 12, wherein two mounting grooves are defined in an edge of each of the sidewalls communicated with the sliding slots and exposed of the support surface, respectively, the clamping assembly further comprises a pair of resisting blocks securely mounted in the two mounting grooves, respectively, and each of the pair of elastic members is sandwiched between one of the pair of resisting blocks and the corresponding clamping block to generating an elastic force on the clamping block.

14. The positioning fixture of claim 11, wherein the clamping portion comprises a clamping surface formed on an end thereof adjacent to the other one of the pair of the clamping portions and an inclined surface connected to the clamping surface away from the body portion, and a V-shaped guiding groove is cooperatively defined by the inclined surfaces of the two clamping blocks.

15. The positioning fixture of claim 11, wherein a cross-section of the sliding slot taken along a direction parallel to the sidewalls is substantially inverted T-shaped, and a cross-section of the body portion taken along the direction parallel to the sidewalls is substantially inverted T-shaped, such that the body portion is slidably mounted in the sliding slot.

16. The positioning fixture of claim 11, wherein the resisting block comprises a base portion and a resisting portion protruding out from the base portion, the base portion is mounted and received in the mounting groove, and the resisting portion is slidably mounted together with the body portion of the clamping block.

17. The positioning fixture of claim 11, wherein the positioning groove is substantially cross-shaped, and a bottom surface of the positioning grooves is arcuate.

18. The positioning fixture of claim 17, wherein at least one unloading hole is defined in the support surface, penetrating through a periphery of the support base and communicating with the corresponding positioning groove.