Patent ID: 7442899

Claim:
A clamping device for body part components with a component clamping contour including a component flange, the clamping device comprising: a clamping device having a frame structure with a plurality of pairs of fixed and mobile, strip-shaped clamping units, each clamping unit being adjacent to another clamping unit, each clamping unit being independently movable, said clamping device being mounted for movement such that said clamping device is movable from an inoperative clamping device position to a working position, wherein at least a portion of said clamping device is located within an opening of one of the body part components when said clamping device is in said working position, each of said clamping units having one or more clamping segments and an adjusting device, each clamping segment engaging the component clamping contour of the body part components when said clamping device is in said working position such that said one or more clamping segments form a clamping segment contour, said clamping segment contour being substantially identical to the component clamping contour of the body part components, said adjusting device feeding and clamping one of said clamping units to said component clamping contour.