Patent ID: 9486898
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: B25B

Claim Text:
1. A sliding head locking pin clamp, comprising: a housing having a housing bore extending axially into the housing, therein defining a first axis; an end cap having an end cap bore extending therethrough along the first axis, wherein the end cap is operably coupled to a first end of the housing; a shaft, comprising: a piston generally fixedly coupled to the shaft, wherein the piston is in sliding engagement with the housing bore and configured to linearly translate the shaft between a first axial position and a second axial position along the first axis; a slider, comprising: a cam block having a cam block bore extending into the cam block along the first axis, wherein the cam block comprises a cam channel defined in a sidewall of the cam block bore, wherein a portion of the slider is configured to reside within the cam block bore and wherein the cam follower is in sliding engagement with the cam channel, and wherein, in the first axial position and first radial position, the first and second portions of the locating pin are configured to pass through a locating hole of a workpiece, wherein in the second axial position and second radial position, the rod member is configured to clamp the workpiece between the engagement lip and the end cap, and wherein the first radial position and second radial position are generally governed by the sliding engagement between the shaft guide rod and the slider hole and the sliding engagement between the cam follower and the cam channel upon the linear translation of the shaft between the first axial position and second axial position.