US 12,214,397 B2
Vehicle body element dent system and method
Steven Hopf, Riverside, CA (US)
Filed by Steven Hopf, Riverside, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/939,514.
Prior Publication US 2024/0075512 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. G09B 9/00 (2006.01); B21D 1/06 (2006.01); B21D 31/06 (2006.01); G09B 19/24 (2006.01)
CPC B21D 1/06 (2013.01) [B21D 31/06 (2013.01); G09B 9/00 (2013.01); G09B 19/24 (2013.01); Y10S 72/705 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle body dent system, comprising:
an impactor including a ram supported by a dent impactor frame, the ram also connected to a carriage that articulates with the dent impactor frame;
an impactor head connected to the ram and guided by the carriage;
a body element support including a rotating portion moveably coupled to a support base; and
a mounting element movably coupled to the rotating portion of the body element support, the mounting element including at least one support adapted to couple to a vehicle body element, thereby fixing the vehicle body element to the body element support and holding the vehicle body element stable as the impactor head strikes the vehicle body element and denting the vehicle body element.