Patent ID: 9079519
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: B60N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A jig assembly for swage assembling a workpiece having first and second side components and a central component, said assembly comprising: a first pair of bi-directional traversable platforms supported in inward and outward reciprocating fashion relative to a central support fixture upon which are mounted supporting structures for mounting the workpiece; a pair of engaging jigs mounted to inner opposing sides of said pair of traversable platforms, each of said engaging jigs including a plurality of fingers which are adapted to seat within aperture locations associated with the workpiece side components and to facilitate loading and positioning the workpiece prior to swaging; and a pair of opposing and synchronized inward compressing dies for simultaneously swaging locations associated with opposite edges of the central component which project through apertures defined in the side components, each of said dies including an end face, said dies being subsequently retracted and the swaged workpiece removed.