Patent ID: 9395032
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: B25J,F16C,F16M,Y10S,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A modular tooling apparatus, comprising: a base coupling connectable to a manipulator, said base coupling having a first contoured surface; a locking member having a second contoured surface and a third contoured surface being concentric to said second contoured surface, wherein said second contoured surface and said third contoured surface each have a base and a plurality of ridges longitudinally extending away from said base, where said plurality of ridges of said second contoured surface and said plurality of said third contoured surface extend longitudinally away from said base of said second contoured surface and said base of said third contoured surface in the same direction, wherein said second contoured surface is matingly and adjustably connected to said first contoured surface of said base coupling for rotational adjustment of said base coupling about a longitudinal axis; and a modular tool having a fourth contoured surface matingly and adjustably connected to said third contoured surface of said locking member for rotational adjustment of said modular tool about said longitudinal axis.