Patent ID: 11883916
Assignee: HDM HYDRAULICS, LLC
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. A modular workpiece holding method comprising:
drawing at least one dynamic wedge assembly axially inward towards a top portion of a baseplate member, creating a resting state wherein a transverse force is imparted onto a workpiece member, the workpiece member disposed against the baseplate member and a fixed wedge assembly, the transverse force securing the workpiece to the workpiece holding system;
releasing the at least one dynamic wedge assembly and the workpiece member by placing the workpiece holding system into an active state, rendering the active state by at least one of delivering a gas and/or hydraulic fluid by way of at least one port within a fixture base, the at least one of a gas and/or hydraulic fluid at least partly filling a spring and piston assembly cavity, pushing, therefore, by way of a piston member of a spring and piston assembly, the at least one dynamic wedge assembly axially outward from the baseplate; and, discharging the at least one of a gas and/or hydraulic fluid from the spring and piston assembly cavity by way of the at least one port within the fixture base, thereby releasing outward axial force imparted on the at least one dynamic wedge assembly whereupon the spring member re-imparts an inward axial force and, therefore, the traverse force of the resting state of the at least one dynamic wedge assembly onto at least one of the same workpiece and a different workpiece;
and adjusting the wedge shape of the at least one dynamic wedge assembly.