Abstract: A puller/installer comprises a draw plate, a split ring, a cap plate, and at least one draw member. The draw plate defines a draw plate cam surface. The split ring defines at least one split plate cam surface and is arranged such that the at least one split plate cam surface is in contact with the draw plate cam surface. The at least one draw member is arranged to draw the cap plate and the draw plate towards each other such that the draw plate cam surface engages the at least one split plate cam surface to deform the split ring to alter an effective diameter of the bearing race puller/installer.

Abstract: A tooling assembly is provided, for use with a panel defining a tool-side surface and the tool-side surface defining a profile. The tooling assembly includes a base, a plurality of support members fixedly attached to the base, a plurality of frames, and a securing system. The frames each define an upper surface, where each support member is releasably coupled to a corresponding frame by a fastening system. The upper surfaces of the frames are each shaped to correspond with a portion of the profile of the tool-side surface of the panel. The securing system is for providing a suction force configured to releasably secure the panel against the upper surface of the frames.

Abstract: The jack foot adjustment device is a tongue jack for a trailer. The jack foot adjustment device provides both a fine height adjustment accessed by a hand cranked and a gross height adjustment accessed by pushing the foot plate of the device with the user's foot. Retracting the foot plate can be accomplished by turning the hand rack in the opposite direction and/or by pulling the release handle and allowing a foot spring to pull up on the lower foot. The fine height adjustment uses a vertical screw turned by the crank to pull or push an upper foot out of or into the body that is coupled to the trailer. The gross height adjustment uses a spring loaded pawl to allow downward movement of a lower foot while preventing upwards movement of the lower foot unless a handle releases the pawl.

Abstract: An inflatable air wedge has a tool channel that is inserted between a vehicle door and a vehicle body for allowing an operator to effectively unlock the vehicle door without damaging the vehicle (door and/or body and/or weather stripping). The inflatable air wedge includes a selectively inflatable bladder capable of being intercalated between the existing vehicle door and the existing vehicle body, a pneumatic mechanism in operable communication with the bladder for selectively introducing and releasing air from the bladder, and a conduit engaged with the bladder. Advantageously, such a conduit is suitably sized and shaped for guiding an existing unlocking tool therethrough while the bladder is at an inflated state and seated between the vehicle door and the vehicle body. Notably, the conduit is spaced from the pneumatic mechanism and manually distended when the unlocking tool is positioned therein.

Abstract: A dummy ring assembly for removal is provided with a plurality of dummy rings. Each of the dummy rings has a dummy shroud section fitted into a vane ring groove of a casing into which a shroud of a vane segment is fitted, and has an arc shape whose central angle centered on a rotational axis is less than 90°. The dummy shroud sections of the plurality of dummy rings are fitted sequentially into the vane ring groove of the casing. The vane segment is removed from the casing by moving the dummy rings in a circumferential direction along the vane ring groove.

Abstract: A cable puller in accordance with some example embodiments is configured to pull rope or cable through a conduit. The cable puller includes a puller frame having a first side and a second opposite side, first and second capstans rotatably mounted on the frame, and a motor operatively coupled to the first and second capstans and configured to rotate the first and second capstans. The first and second capstans extend outwardly from the same side of the frame.

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques for new cable provisioning utilizing an applied physical process are provided. A system includes a physical process applicator and a first coupler. The first coupler may be configured to attach to a first end of a first cable. The physical process applicator may be configured to apply a physical process to the first cable, and tension the first cable, via the first coupler. The first coupler may further be configured to cause, via the physical process, the first cable to displace at least some ground material surrounding the first cable, and allow at least part of the first cable to be removed.

Abstract: A method and tool assembly (10) for unloading and reloading spring energy from a torsion bar (11) in a torsion bar suspension system of a motor vehicle. The tool assembly (10) includes a generally C-shaped body (14) having a screw shaft (24) threaded through a boss (22) in a lower section (18) thereof. An anti-rotation stem (38) includes a knurled flat face (40) which increases versatility of the tool assembly (10) by enabling anti-slip operation with various vehicle types. A counter-torque tool perch (46) extends from the lower section (18) of the tool body (14) for applying a counter-rotational torque to the body (14) during use of the tool assembly (10).

Abstract: A device for attaching a joining element to a component section, which device is for a tool for attaching the joining element to the component section, wherein the joining element is adapted to be temporarily placed in a holding position and then shifted out of the holding position onto the component section by a linearly movable punch of the tool, wherein the joining element is temporarily placed in the holding position by means for providing a pressure difference in a region of the holding position, wherein the pressure difference on the temporarily placed joining element provides a holding force that acts on the joining element, so that the joining element is held positionally fixed in the holding position.

Abstract: A communications cable (11) is provided with a pliant sleeve (12, 21, 31) to allow it to be more easily inserted into a conduit. One form of the sleeve (12) has hook (14) and loop (15) connected to each other so that the sleeve (12) can engage the cable (11). Another form of the sleeve (21) is spring-loaded to engage the cable (11). In a third form of the sleeve (31) has an adhesive (33) which attaches the sleeve (31) to the cable (11).

Abstract: A device for attaching a joining element to a component portion for a tool comprising a die unit and a punch that is linearly movable on a working axis of the tool from a retracted position on the tool to the die unit and back again, wherein the working axis coincides with a punch longitudinal axis, and wherein the punch, in its forward movement to the die unit, transports in the direction of the component portion a joining element which has been temporarily placed on the device in a holding position. The device includes a positioning portion, in the region of the holding position, which is tailored to a joining element and configured such that the joining element is held with a predefined orientation in such a way in the holding position that a longitudinal axis of the joining element deviates spatially from the working axis of the tool.

Abstract: A wire clearance apparatus is provided. The wire clearance apparatus includes a body. The body includes a clamp operable to releasably attach the body to a flange or rim of a panel housing. A pivoting member extends laterally from the body. The pivoting member includes a pivoting arm including a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the pivoting arm is connected to the body. The pivoting arm is operable to pivot about a longitudinal axis of the body. The distal end of the pivoting arm includes a hook.

Abstract: An adjustable clamp for the retention of a vice or work piece onto a slotted worktable. The clamp has a raised rear foot that both spans the standard width of a slot in a slotted worktable regardless of the angle the clamp is secured to the worktable, and generates an increased gripping force at both contact points of the clamp. Its nose accommodates a cylindrical pin recess to accommodate a cylindrical pin to allow the vice to clamp to a vice with a raised peripheral lip. The 30 degree beveled front edge allows the clamp a substantial planar contact surface with the vice or work piece, enhancing stability.

Abstract: A holding device for fastening bar cutters in order for the cutting edges thereof to be coated, wherein the fastening is configured in such a way that a plurality of bar cutters can be arranged in a row such that the cutting faces and tips thereof have the same orientation, and the holding device includes a screen which at least partially protects the cutting faces from the coating, wherein, with bar cutters arranged in a row in the manner described, the top edge of the screen projects beyond the knife tips in such a way that no knife tips protrude.

Abstract: A portable apparatus, and methods to operate the apparatus, comprising a base that securely engages with a tire, a motor support structure, an electric motor coupled to an electrical power source, a pulley system, one or more attachment devices, and an electrical motor control device utilized to raise and lower a windshield (or other component) from a vehicle.

Abstract: A substrate holding apparatus that can minimize a deflection amount of a substrate due to its own weight and can suppress vibration of the substrate at the time of rotation of the substrate even if a diameter of the substrate becomes large is disclosed. The substrate holding apparatus holds a periphery of a substrate and rotates the substrate. The substrate holding apparatus includes a plurality of support posts supported by a base and vertically movable relative to the base, a plurality of chucks respectively provided on the plurality of support posts and configured to hold the periphery of the substrate, and at least one support pin configured to support a lower surface of the substrate held by the plurality of chucks.

Abstract: A Zero Clearance Fence that gives precision to chop saw fences. The invention consists of two flat surfaces and mounting devices. The flat surfaces are beveled at one edge of both surfaces. The beveled edge allows a tape measure to be hooked on at any desired miter angle. The invention mounts onto the original chop saw fences so that they are able to slide towards and away from the saw blade. The ability to slide allows the fences to always be right next to the saw blade at any miter angle cut for precision in the cut measurements. The mounting apertures can be located anywhere to allow the Zero Clearance Fence to fit on any chop saw.

Abstract: A tool kit for decoupling a telescoping tube from a first liner of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The tool kit includes a base plate coupled to a combustor casing. A post extends outward from the base plate into a combustion chamber defined by the liner. A plunger slidably mounts to the post and is slidable between an extended position and a retracted position. A lever arm pivotably couples to the post and the plunger. Pivoting the lever arm in a first direction slides the plunger to the extended position to decouple the telescoping tube from the liner. A retaining clip couples to the combustor casing and extends into an annular plenum at least partially defined between the liner and the combustor casing. The retaining clip defines a notch that receives the telescoping tube after the plunger assembly decouples the telescoping tube from the liner.

Abstract: Method and related system to set-up and control a system for lifting loads, preferably motor vehicles, includes causing the user to be positioned at each column to be registered as belonging to the system and to provide an activation command in the user interface of each column to register it as belonging to the lifting system, the user interface providing no information to the user about the position of that column in relation to the other columns and to the load. The user then moves each registered column to any of the operating positions for lifting the load; by acting on the user interface of one of the registered columns, assigns to that column the role of command column; and commands, by acting on the user interface of the command column, the simultaneous lifting/lowering of at least one or all the columns of the lifting system.

Abstract: A method enabling two holes belonging to two parts to be aligned relies on use of a tool, comprising a body, having a first outer surface which gradually wanders from a longitudinal axis of the body as it extends from a first end of the body, and a hollow part having a second outer surface with a complementary section to the section of the holes. The hollow part comprises a hole through which it is removably mounted on the tool so that the second outer surface extends the first outer surface on an opposite side to the first end of the body. The method comprises inserting the first end of the body into the first hole, and then operating the tool to push the body and then the hollow part together into the holes. This method especially applies to the assembly of a floor module to an aircraft fuselage.