US 12,152,625 B2
Fixture
Ryosuke Ashida, Kobe (JP); and Takahiro Kawashima, Kobe (JP)
Assigned to KAWASAKI RAILCAR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Kobe (JP)
Filed by KAWASAKI RAILCAR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Kobe (JP)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/714,223.
Application 17/714,223 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/028304, filed on Jul. 21, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-190657 (JP), filed on Oct. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0228621 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. F16B 37/04 (2006.01); F16B 39/02 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 37/046 (2013.01) [F16B 39/02 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fixture having an x direction, a y direction, and a z direction being orthogonal to each other, the fixture comprising:
a first fitting fixed to a first object;
a second fitting fixed to a second object and the first fitting, (i) a first attaching angle between the second fitting and the first fitting and (ii) a second attaching angle between the second fitting and the first object each being adjustable; and
at least one positioning bolt fixing a position of the second fitting relative to the first fitting, wherein:
the first fitting includes
a cylindrical portion extending in the z direction and including a first elongated hole on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion, the first elongated hole extending in a circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion, the positioning bolt penetrating through the first elongated hole,
a shaft configured to turn inside the cylindrical portion and includes a screw hole corresponding to the positioning bolt, and
a first fixing portion to which the first object is fixed;
the second fitting includes
a movable portion including a second elongated hole which corresponds to the first elongated hole and extends in the x direction, the positioning bolt penetrating through the second elongated hole, and
a second fixing portion to which the second object is fixed;
the positioning bolt and the first elongated hole are configured for position adjustment of the first fitting relative to the second fitting about a z-axis extending in the z direction;
the positioning bolt and the second elongated hole are configured for position adjustment of the first fitting relative to the second fitting about an x-axis extending in the x direction; and
the positioning bolt and the second elongated hole are configured for position adjustment of the first fitting relative to the second fitting about a y-axis extending in the y direction.