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Vehicle Anchoring Apparatus and Method of Use

a technology of vehicle anchoring and cylinder, which is applied in the direction of metal-working apparatus, manufacturing tools, forging/hammering/pressing machines, etc., can solve the problems of not being able to withstand as high loading as discrete frames, not well suited to gripping and holding, and the thickness of pinch-welds is typically much thinner

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-07-30
THOMAS DESMOND R
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Benefits of technology

The invention is a device that can hold and align different types of vehicles, including ones that are welded together. Basically, it can give a lot of flexibility to the device that anchors these vehicles.

Problems solved by technology

While extremely useful in the aforementioned function for vehicles that have a discrete frame, such apparatus is not well suited to gripping and holding so-called “unibody” vehicles or hybrid structure vehicles having both discrete frames and pinch welded structures (pinch welds).
Such pinch-welds are typically much thinner than discrete frames and typically will not withstand as high of loading as discrete frames.
Furthermore, under prior art practices, hybrid structure vehicles often result in tears to floor panels and other vehicle portions due to the point loading of prior art anchoring and alignment systems.

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[0010]Reference throughout this specification to “one embodiment,”“an embodiment,” or similar language means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present invention. Thus, appearances of the phrases “in one embodiment,”“in an embodiment,” and similar language throughout this specification may, but do not necessarily, all refer to the same embodiment.

[0011]Furthermore, the described features, structures, or characteristics of the invention may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. In the following description, numerous specific details are included to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the invention. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that the invention can be practiced without one or more of the specific details, or with other methods, components, materials, and so forth. In other instances, well-known structures, ...

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Abstract

The present invention is a vehicle anchoring apparatus having a first vice assembly and a second vice assembly and is adapted to anchor the frame of a discrete frame vehicle, the pinch weld of a pinch-welded unibody vehicle, or simultaneously both the discrete frame and the pinch weld of a hybrid structure vehicle. The vehicle anchoring apparatus is adapted such that the need to perform a “take down” or setup of an anchoring apparatus that is otherwise required in order to switch from securing a discrete frame of a body-on-frame vehicle to securing a unibody vehicle is eliminated.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 358,651, filed Jun. 25, 2010, which is incorporated herein in its entirety by this reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to apparatuses and devices for use in anchoring and aligning deformed vehicles.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Vehicle frame anchoring and alignment apparatuses are well known in the art and have wide spread usage in repairing vehicles that have been involved in a collision. An exemplary apparatus is the vehicle frame attachment apparatus that is fully disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 7,150,176 and which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. Such vehicle frame attachment apparatus is extremely useful in gripping the frame of a vehicle that has been bent or deformed due to for instance a collision, so as to apply a load to the frame and / or the vehicle to correct the deformity. W...

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IPC IPC(8): B21D1/14
CPCB21D1/145
Inventor THOMAS, DESMOND R.
Owner THOMAS DESMOND R