Patent ID: 8708323

Claim:
A mounting system for supporting tooling comprising a base block having a first block surface and a second block surface, the first block surface being configured to support an associated object, the base block further including a plunger passage and a stud passage, the plunger passage extending into the base block from the second block surface and extending inwardly along a plunger passage axis, the stud passage extending into the base block from the first block surface along a stud passage axis and the stud passage axis being generally transverse to the plunger passage axis and radially spaced from the plunger passage axis, the stud passage partially intersecting the plunger passage forming a locking region between the plunger passage axis and stud passage axis, the system further including a plunger extending along a plunger body axis between an inner plunger end and an outer plunger end, the plunger including an outer side surface between the inner and outer plunger ends that extends about the plunger body axis, the plunger passage being shaped to receive the plunger in a sliding relationship and allowing the plunger to slide axially in the plunger passage along the passage axis, the plunger being axially positionable in the passage between an unlocked position and a locked position that are axially spaced from one another along the passage axis, the plunger having a radial cam region extending inwardly from the outer side surface and between the plunger ends facing radially outwardly from the plunger body axis, the radial cam region including an axially extending locking plunger cam and a clearance path axially adjacent the plunger cam along the plunger body axis, the locking plunger cam extending between a first end and a second end wherein the first end is the lead in end, at least a portion of the outer side surface extending beyond the lead in end of the locking plunger cam, the stud passage being shaped to receive an associated stud, the associated stud extending between a stud inner end and a stud outer end along a stud body axis, the associated stud having a stud cam between the stud ends transverse to the study body axis, the stud cam being shaped to engage the plunger cam, when the plunger is in the unlocked position the clearance path of the cam region is aligned with the stud passage allowing the stud cam of the associated stud to enter the locking region of the base block, once the stud cam is positioned in the locking region axial movement of the plunger along the plunger axis toward the locked position urging the plunger cam into the associated stud cam and the plunger cam at least partially axially aligning the associated stud in the stud passage, an engagement force between the plunger and stud cams urging the associated stud into a locked condition thereby locking the associated stud relative to the base block and providing a hold-down force between the base block and the associated stud.