US 12,064,833 B2
Bracket presenter for ultrasonic welder
Hendrik Stoltz, Dryden, MI (US); Theodore Robert Brown, Birmingham, MI (US); and Miso Todorovic, Windsor (CA)
Assigned to T.A. SYSTEMS, INC., Rochester Hills, MI (US)
Filed by T.A. Systems, Inc., Rochester Hills, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/572,944.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/138,102, filed on Jan. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0226942 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. B23K 37/04 (2006.01); B23K 20/10 (2006.01); B23K 101/36 (2006.01); B29C 65/08 (2006.01); B29C 65/78 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC B23K 37/04 (2013.01) [B23K 20/10 (2013.01); B29C 65/08 (2013.01); B29C 65/7841 (2013.01); B23K 2101/36 (2018.08); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bracket presenter for an ultrasonic welder, the bracket presenter comprising:
a one-piece first bracket portion and a one-piece second bracket portion mounted relative to one another, first and second tapered features respectively provided by the first and second bracket portions, the first tapered feature is provided by a tapered post extending in a longitudinal axis, and the second tapered feature is provided by a tapered pocket circumscribing the tapered post about the longitudinal axis, the tapered post nested relative to and by the tapered pocket to capture the tapered post, the tapered post and tapered pocket engage in an extended position along the longitudinal axis and are spaced from one another in a compressed position along the longitudinal axis to provide a clearance enabling the first and second bracket portions to float lateral relative to one another, the first and second bracket portions closer to one another in the compressed position than when in the extended position.