Patent ID: 9321167
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: B23Q,B25H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A pallet-based support system for use in assembling a vehicle engine that includes an engine block, said pallet-based support system comprising: a pallet; a first engine block jig; a second engine block jig; a first support arm extending from said pallet, said first support arm comprising a first cradle structure; a second support arm extending from said pallet, said second support arm comprising a second cradle structure; a first adapter structure coupled to said first engine block jig and rotatably positionable on said first cradle structure in at least three different angular orientations of said first engine block jig; and a second adapter structure coupled to said second engine block jig and rotatably positionable on said second cradle structure in at least three different angular orientations of said second engine block jig; wherein each of said first cradle structure and said second cradle structure comprises a notch, each of said first adapter structure and said second adapter structure being rotatably positioned in said notch of the respective one of said first cradle structure and said second cradle structure.