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

Claim 17:
18. A method for installing and using a morphing jaw assembly on a vise, the method comprising:
providing a vise, the vise including a first jaw and a second jaw, the first jaw and the second jaw being configured to open and close relative to each other, the first jaw and the second jaw each having a hole for receiving a pin;
providing a first morphing jaw and a second morphing jaw, each morphing jaw including:
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
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 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 second-tier bow members,
wherein the bottom surface of the third-tier bow member includes a hole configured for receiving the pin of either the first morphing jaw or the second morphing jaw, and the bottom surface of the at least one of the second-tier bow members includes a hole configured for receiving the pin of either the first morphing jaw or the second morphing jaw;

providing the pin of the first jaw at the hole of the third-tier bow member or the hole of the at least one of the second-tier bow members of the first morphing jaw such that the first morphing jaw is permitted to rotate, the pin of the first jaw prohibited from translational movement; and
providing the pin of the second jaw at the hole of the third-tier bow member or the hole of the at least one of the second-tier bow members of the second morphing jaw such that the second morphing jaw is permitted to rotate, the pin of the second jaw prohibited from translational movement.