Patent ID: 11945078
Assignee: nan
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A method for installing and using a morphing jaw assembly on a vise, the method comprising:
providing a first dowel pin and a second dowel pin, each dowel pin having a first end and a second end;
providing a vise, the vise including a first jaw, a second jaw, and a screw, the first jaw and the second jaw opposing each other, the screw configured to open or close the first and second jaws relative to each other based on rotation of the screw, the first jaw and the second jaw each having a cylindrical hole configured for receiving the first end of a respective dowel pin among the first and second dowel pins;
providing a first morphing jaw and a second morphing jaw, each morphing jaw including:
four first-tier clamping members, each first-tier clamping member including a front clamping surface and a rear radius surface, the front clamping surface for contacting an object that is to be constrained by the morphing jaw assembly,
two second-tier bow members, each second-tier bow member including a bottom surface, a first concave surface, a second concave surface, and a rear radius surface, the first concave surface and the second concave surface magnetically coupled to a corresponding rear radius surface of a corresponding one of the four first-tier clamping members, and
a third-tier bow member, the third-tier bow member including a bottom surface, a first concave surface, a second concave surface, and a rear radius surface, the first concave surface and the second concave surface magnetically coupled to a corresponding rear radius surface of a corresponding one of the two second-tier bow members,
wherein the bottom surface of the third-tier bow member includes a cylindrical hole configured for receiving the second end of the respective dowel pin among the first and second dowel pins, and the bottom surface of the at least one of the two second-tier bow members includes a cylindrical hole configured for receiving the second end of the respective dowel pin among the first and second dowel pins;

inserting the first end of the first dowel pin into the cylindrical hole of the first jaw;
inserting the first end of the second dowel pin into the cylindrical hole of the second jaw;
inserting the second end of the first dowel pin into the cylindrical hole of the third-tier bow member or the cylindrical hole of the at least one of the two second-tier bow member of the first morphing jaw such that the first morphing jaw is constrained by the first dowel pin to pivot about the first dowel pin and the cylindrical hole of the first jaw; and
inserting the second end of the second dowel pin into the cylindrical hole of the third-tier bow member or the cylindrical hole of the at least one of the two second-tier bow member of the second morphing jaw such that the second morphing jaw is constrained by the second dowel pin to pivot about the second dowel pin and the cylindrical hole of the second jaw.