Patent ID: 6481257
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: B21D,Y10S

Abstract:
An automobile repair clamp for clamping onto an anchor point on a damaged automobile structural component, the clamp being adapted to be coupled to a pulling device for pulling the anchor point in a first plane to straighten the structural component, and comprisinga pair of clamping jaws movable together into a clamping position and apart to respectively grip and release said anchor point, each clamping jaw including a rotatable gripper for gripping the vehicle body and permitting adjustment of the angle of the clamping jaws relative to the automobile structural component to allow the clamp to be aligned with the direction of pull by the pulling device, and having opposite first and second end portions connected by a bridge, said grippers being disposed in said first end portions; and a locking mechanism coupled to the clamping jaws for selectively locking the jaws in said clamping position, said locking mechanism comprising an adjustable pivot assembly including a pivot member secured to said bridges in one of a selected number of positions, and a biasing assembly disposed in said second end portions for biasing said second end portions apart to exert a force about the pivot member and to leverage said first end portions and grippers together into said clamping position.