Abstract: A tool for retracting pistons into cylinder bores is disclosed, with a narrow gap between facing pressure plates allowing use of the tool in tight places, and ratcheting spreading of the facing pressure plates causing outward moving of the pistons, enabling work to be performed, wherein movement of a threaded stud through a coupler moves a first pressure plate.

Abstract: A system for removing a panel insert from a panel includes a main housing. A loading cap is coupled to the main housing. A tension knob is coupled to the main housing. The tension knob is configured to couple to a puller rod. A tension spring is within the main housing. The loading cap is configured to set the tension spring at an initial tension. The tension knob is configured to set the tension spring at a subsequent tension. A heater is configured to apply heat to the panel insert.

Abstract: A method is provided for disassembling a rotor of a gas turbine engine. During this method, the rotor is provided which includes a rotor disk and a plurality of rotor blades arranged circumferentially about an axis. The rotor blades include a plurality of airfoils and a plurality of attachments that mount the rotor blades to the rotor disk. Each of the rotor blades includes a respective one of the airfoils and a respective one of the attachments. A press is arranged against the rotor. The press axially engages each of the rotor blades. The press moves axially along the axis to simultaneously push the rotor blades and remove the attachments from a plurality of slots in the rotor disk.

Abstract: A mallet hammer tipping-detipping apparatus may include a press weldment. The press weldment may include a press base and a press neck extending from a surface of the press base. The mallet hammer tipping-detipping apparatus may include a press adapter coupled to the press neck. The press adapter may include a central recess such that a mallet hammer head may interface with the press adapter. The mallet hammer tipping-detipping apparatus may include a tip holder coupled to the base of the press weldment such that the press adapter is positioned above the tip holder. The tip holder may include a seating section in which the mallet hammer head may be positioned.

Abstract: Prosthesis devices can include sockets having adjustable features. In one example, a socket includes one or more panels that can move outwardly or inwardly relative to a receptacle portion of the socket. The panels can be moved by tightening a tensioning line.

Abstract: A tool for retracting pistons into cylinder bores is disclosed, with a narrow gap between facing pressure plates allowing use of the tool in tight places, and ratcheting spreading of the facing pressure plates causing outward moving of the pistons, enabling work to be performed, wherein movement of a threaded stud through a coupler moves a first pressure plate.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing or installing a turbine blade from a turbine of a turbomachine is disclosed. The apparatus can include: an operative head configured to engage an axial sidewall of a turbine blade base. An actuator is configured to move the operative head to selectively engage the axial sidewall of the turbine blade base and impart an axial force against the turbine blade base to remove or install the turbine blade. A support gantry is configured to position the actuator substantially vertically above the turbine blade in position in the turbomachine. Among other advantages, the support gantry allows adjustment of the apparatus for different turbines, and use of the head on more than one stage of any given turbine.

Abstract: A semiconductor burn-in oven includes a housing including a burn-in chamber and an opening to the burn-in chamber surrounded by a front face, a heating device, testing circuitry, a door and a sealing mechanism. The door has an open position, in which the burn-in chamber is accessible through the opening, and a closed position, in which the door covers the opening. The sealing mechanism is configured to form a seal around the opening between an interior side of the door and the front face when the door is in the closed position. The sealing mechanism includes at least one sealing member having a recessed position, in which a gap extends between the front face and the interior side of the door, and a sealing position, in which the at least one sealing member closes the gap and forms the seal.

Abstract: Prosthesis devices can include sockets having adjustable features. In one example, a socket includes one or more panels that can move outwardly or inwardly relative to a receptacle portion of the socket. The panels can be moved by tightening a tensioning line.

Abstract: A wear part removal system includes a first wedge assembly configured to engage with a first joint associated with a wear part; a second wedge assembly configured to engage with a second joint associated with the wear part; a ram component configured to cause the first wedge assembly to engage with the first joint associated with the wear part and to cause the second wedge assembly to engage with the second joint associated with the wear part; and a frame configured to hold the first wedge assembly, the second wedge assembly, and the ram component. A wedge assembly, of the first wedge assembly or the second wedge assembly, includes a wedge component configured to engage with a joint associated with the wear part and a wedge component saddle configured to hold the wedge component.

Abstract: A disc brake piston retraction tool includes a reversible ratchet wrench, a first pressure plate assembly, and a second pressure assembly. In the process of retracting a piston, a first engaging notch of a first L-shaped elastic plate of a first buckle member and a second engaging notch of a second L-shaped elastic plate of a second buckle member are pressed against a first force output shaft and a second force output shaft to provide an anti-rotation effect. Thus, when an operating handle of the reversible ratchet wrench is pulled back, it will not link a ratchet wheel, so as to carry out an effective operation of retracting the piston.

Abstract: An arm fixing device that fixes a first arm to a support member, the movable arm being pivotally supported on a base about a second axis, the movable arm being driven to pivot about the second axis by power of a servomotor, the arm fixing device including: an attachment portion that is position-adjustable in a circumferential direction and detachably attached to the base; a pair of protrusion fixing portions that, in a state in which the attachment portion is attached to the base, extend in a radial direction with respect to a second axis and are disposed at positions interposing a protruding portion therebetween in the circumferential direction, the protruding portion being provided in the first arm and protruding in the second axis direction; and a connecting portion 13b that connects the distal ends of the protrusion fixing portions to each other.

Abstract: A tool holder insertion device includes a frame extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the frame including first and second longitudinal arms extending between the distal end and the proximal end. The frame also includes a distal transverse arm connected to respective distal ends of the first and second longitudinal arms, a proximal transverse arm opposite the distal transverse arm, and an internal space extending from the distal transverse arm, the internal space forming an insertion opening. The tool holder insertion device also includes a drive assembly fixed to the frame, the drive assembly including a pushing surface that is movable within the internal space toward the distal end of the frame.

Abstract: Various embodiments are described herein for a testing system for performing burn-in testing of electronic devices under a test temperature range using at least one test chamber and a tester. The at least one test chamber is doorless and has a frame defining a chamber opening for receiving at least one burn-in board containing the electronic devices. The tester includes a main frame, a plurality of carrier magazines mounted to the main frame and containing the at least one burn-in board containing the electronic devices, a door panel at a front end of the tester to allow for access into the tester; and a wall panel disposed on a surface opposite the door panel. The wall panel is placed adjacent and secured to the chamber opening of the at least one test chamber to provide an air and temperature seal during testing.

Abstract: Provided is an arm fixing device that includes: a bracket having close-contact surfaces that are brought into close contact with a mounting surface provided in a supporting member, and a mounting surface provided in an arm or a link for transmitting drive force to an arm, also having one of a screw hole or a through hole that is formed to penetrate each of the close-contact surfaces at a position corresponding to a position of the other of a screw hole or a through hole provided in each of the mounting surfaces, and bridged over the mounting surfaces such that each of the close-contact surfaces is brought into close contact with a corresponding one of the mounting surfaces; and a fastener that penetrates the through hole and is fastened to the screw hole.

Abstract: A cylinder welding system includes a welder that has a control unit, a welding head and a wire feed. Each of the wire feed and the welding head is electrically coupled to the control unit. A cart is provided and the cart is rollably positioned within a cylinder. A rotation unit is rotatably coupled to the cart and the rotation unit engages an inside surface of the cylinder. The rotation unit is electrically coupled to the control unit such that the control unit controls operational parameters of the rotation unit. In this way the rotation unit is actuated to rotate along the inside surface of the cylinder. The welding head is coupled to the rotation unit to weld the inside of the cylinder when the rotation unit rotates along the inside of the cylinder. In this way one cylinder may be automatically welded to another cylinder.

Abstract: A rotation lock is provided to a piston rod, a collar is fitted on a small-diameter portion disposed on an end portion on a side of the piston rod extending from a cylinder, and the collar is press-fitted onto a press-fitted portion disposed on the piston rod by a press-fitting jig screwed with an external thread formed on the small-diameter portion. The press-fitting jig adds an axial force to the collar.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for performing up-tower maintenance on a gearbox bearing of a wind turbine. In particular, a method for performing up-tower maintenance on a gearbox of a wind turbine is disclosed. The gearbox has at least one bearing with an outer race and an inner race that rotates with respect to the outer race. The method includes forming a through-hole in a front cover of the gearbox, the front cover being stationary with respect to an axis of rotation of the bearing. The method also includes forming a recess in the outer race of the bearing. Further, the method includes inserting a connecting member through the through-hole and the recess so as to prevent movement of the outer race of the bearing with respect to a torque arm of the gearbox.

Abstract: A process for machining a turbine engine blade outer air seal in situ, the process comprising replacing a blade with a cutting tool assembly proximate a blade outer air seal, wherein the blade outer air seal is assembled in a gas turbine engine case. The process includes coupling a blower to the blade outer air seal. The blade outer air seal comprises at least one flow path. The process includes creating a purge air stream with the blower through the blade outer air seal. The process includes machining the blade outer air seal, wherein particulate is formed from the machining. The process includes preventing the particulate from blocking the at least one flow path of the blade outer air seal.

Abstract: A stator vane removal system includes a reaction platform configured to couple between opposing sides of a slot defined in an inner surface of a casing of a rotary machine. At least one stator vane is retained in the slot. The reaction platform includes at least one wedge surface. The system also includes an actuator configured to couple to the reaction platform. The at least one wedge surface facilitates inducing a coupling force exerted by the reaction platform to the opposing sides of the slot when the actuator applies a pushing force to the at least one stator vane in the slot.

Abstract: A marking device making a marking using laser beam, includes a supporting assembly, a marking mechanism, a carrying assembly, a driving assembly, and a plurality of loading members. The loading members carry workpieces for marking. The marking mechanism emits a laser beam to mark the workpiece. The carrying assembly includes a transmitting member slidably mounted on the supporting assembly, and a bearing member mounted on the supporting assembly opposite to the marking mechanism. The driving assembly is mounted on the supporting assembly. The loading members are placed on the transmitting member and the bearing member. The driving assembly is capable of driving the transmitting member to align with the bearing member in a straight line, and then driving the loading member on the transmitting member to move to the bearing member.

Abstract: A slot gripper for removing twistlocks from container fittings or for inserting twistlocks into container fittings, comprising a twistlock receptacle, arranged in a receptacle plate and a tool that locks and unlocks twistlocks arranged in the twistlock receptacle by rotating, is characterized by two clamping jaws extending in the receptacle parallel to the receptacle plate and arranged opposite each other. A first pin extends from the receptacle plate at a right angle at the edge of the receptacle, a second pin is arranged on side of the first pin opposite the receptacle and extends from the receptacle plate at a right angle, and a rope guiding element extends from the receptacle plate at a right angle at the edge of the receptacle. The first pin, the second pin, and the rope guiding element are each supported against the force of a spring and can be lowered in the receptacle plate.

Abstract: A device is provided for collapsing a stented bioprosthetic valve, including first section and second sections, each spanning between first and second ends of the device. The second section of the device is associated with the first section to at least partially enclose an internal cavity formed by the first and second sections, the internal cavity tapering from an open insertion portion at a first end of the device to an open exit portion at a second end of the device. The insertion portion has a larger dimension than the exit portion. When the first section and second section are substantially enclosing the internal cavity, a stented bioprosthetic valve may be inserted into the insertion portion and collapsed as it is moved toward and through the exit portion. The valve may then be loaded on an apparatus for insertion into the body.

Abstract: A compact and portable hydraulic apparatus for extracting and installing a tight fitting vehicle component may include a main hydraulic cylinder having an open proximal end, a cover attached to the open proximal end of the main hydraulic cylinder, a grip holder attached to the main hydraulic cylinder, a plurality of grip members affixed to the grip holder and spaced from the main hydraulic cylinder, and an actuating member statically mated to the main hydraulic cylinder. In this manner, the actuating member is capable of being engaged with an existing shaft of an existing pulley. Advantageously, the actuating member is axially reciprocated through the open proximal end of the main hydraulic cylinder, relative to a stationary position of the grip holder and the grip member respectively.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is described for disassembling a wooden pallet by mechanically and automatically removing a pre-selected damaged board from the pallet, comprising a frame intended to be arranged in close proximity with a conveyor and a bi-directional rotating ram assembly mounted within the frame and carrying spikes thereupon. The invention is configured such that the ram assembly is moved into a board-engaging position to enable the spike to puncture and fasten to a predetermined (damaged) board of the pallet, and to thereafter be moved up and away from the pallet in order to remove and separate the board from the pallet.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for installing or uninstalling a removable battery of an electric or hybrid vehicle characterized that the system is fully integrated and does not require any outside assistance. To summarize, the jack (3) can vertically handle and drop the battery (2) when the locks (4) securing the battery below the vehicle (1) floor are opened. The unavailable vehicle positioning against the battery dropping location is characterized that it uses the parking assistance system (5) of the vehicle while the device can compensate the inaccuracy gap. This battery dropping system is useful for batteries exchange, for batteries renting or maintenance, and for adapting the batteries configuration to the forecasted load or usages of the vehicle. Important cost cuts, CO2 cuts and fuel savings can be expected from these possibilities. In fact, the vehicle no longer carries a heavy battery when not necessary.

Abstract: A pulling eye insert to be used as part of a pulling assembly for pre-connectorized fiber-optic cable is described. The pulling eye insert has a channel configured to encircle the cable integrally connected to a cup configured to enclose and engage a transition of the pre-connectorized cable. In one embodiment, the pulling eye insert, can be formed of two indentical halves, each half having a raised ridge and groove on opposite end faces of the semi-cylindrical wall which forms the channel.

Abstract: A method is provided for destroying a blind fastener joining at least two parts. The blind fastener includes, but is not limited to a body situated in the holes provided in the joined parts, with a head at each end thereof, and portions of which protrude above the level of the holes. The method also includes, but is not limited to withdrawing the accessible head of the fastener, and creating a hole that passes through the fastener. An insertion device is configured to restrain the remainder of the fastener in the hole, which has an elongated body having a diameter smaller than or equal to that of the hole and an expandable head at one end thereof The insertion device for restraining the remainder of the fastener being immobilised or capable of only limited movement relative to the joined parts, and expelling the remainder of the fastener from the holes.

Abstract: A method for assembling a bone anchoring device includes inserting a bone anchoring element in a first holder of a tool and inserting a receiving part in a second holder of the tool, actuating the tool from a first configuration towards a second configuration to insert a head of the bone anchoring element into the receiving part; continuing actuation of the tool towards the second configuration to move a locking ring and a receiving part body of the receiving part relative to each other until the locking ring assumes a second position with respect to the receiving part body in which the locking ring is latched to the receiving part body in a position where the locking ring compresses a portion of the receiving part body to compress the head, such that the head is held in and cannot be removed from the receiving part body and the bone anchoring element is held adjustably at a first angular position relative to the receiving part, and removing the attached bone anchoring element and receiving part from the tool

Abstract: Reactor installation tools and methods for installing reactor components in a reactor tube are described herein. A reactor installation tool can include a releasable attachment assembly for securing the tool to a reactor or support for holding reactor components. The tool can include a movable cylinder that can be actuated to engage and push on a reactor component in an interior region of the reactor for positioning the contents of the reactor in a desired location. The tool can further include means for supply blasts of compressed gas to an interior region of the reactor to aid in the expansion and positioning of the reactor contents. A skirt seal can be used to ensure that the blasts of compressed gas are contained in the interior region of the reactor.

Abstract: Brake drum remover and remount apparatus having attachment members adapted to be captured by a rigid bar with handles and to engage the front peripheral surface of a brake drum member to allow a wobble axial pull action resulting in separation of brake drum from the brake drum mating member and or alternatively allow an axial forced separation by rotational action of attachment members through brake drum exerting axial separating force action on the peripheral surface of the brake drum mating member resulting in separation of brake drum from the brake drum mating member.

Abstract: A tool for separating material layers may include a first arm including a first end and a second end; a second arm including a first end and a second end; a first material contact pad carried by the first arm proximate the first end of the first arm; and a second material contact pad carried by the second arm proximate the first end of the second arm. The second end of the first arm may be joined to the second end of the second arm, and the first material contact pad and the second material contact pad may be movable with respect to one another along two substantially orthogonal axes.

Abstract: A leverage hand tool for opening doors of a conventional cargo container provided with a latch mechanism having locking brackets and pivotal levers engaged with the locking brackets. The leverage tool is designed to amplify the lever arm formed by the pivotal container handle and make it easier to release the arm from the locking bracket. The tool has an elongated tool handle with a longitudinal axis and an engaging member secured to the tool handle at an acute angle in relation to the longitudinal axis. The engaging member has a through opening of sufficient size to slide over a pivotal lever of the cargo container while transmitting pivotal force from the tool handle to the pivotal lever.

Abstract: A nose assembly for a fastener installation tool including an anvil, a collet, and a drawbar having a primary bearing. A secondary bearing is positioned within the collet and located intermediate the primary bearing and jaws of the collet. The secondary bearing is offset from the fastener centerline by a first distance and from a pulling tool centerline axis defined by a longitudinal axis of the drawbar by a second distance. In a pull position, the primary bearing remains engaged with the anvil during a loaded stroke and limits anvil deflection relative to the fastener centerline, while the secondary bearing remains engaged with the collet during the loaded stroke and limits deflection of the collet relative to the fastener centerline. In a return position, the primary bearing remains engaged with the anvil during a return stroke, while the secondary bearing remains engaged with the collet during the return stroke.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for assisting with the installation or removal of a garbage disposal unit. The apparatus comprises a rod, a mechanism coupled to the rod, a plate which is moveably coupled to the rod, and multiple wedges. The wedges are pivotally coupled to the plate. Upon engaging the mechanism, the wedges move from a contracted first position to an expanded second position. When the wedges are in the expanded second position, the wedges are capable of engaging with the inside side walls of a garbage disposal unit to transfer a weight of the garbage disposal unit onto the mechanism and the rod.

Abstract: A disc brake piston retractor tool is provided for retracting at least one piston of a caliper assembly. The tool includes first and second pressure plates having respective externally threaded first and second studs. A coupler is internally threaded to threadably receive the first stud and the second stud from opposite open ends of the coupler. Selective rotation of the coupler results in simultaneous lateral movement of the first and second pressure plates towards and away from the coupler between retracted and extended positions. One of the pressure plates is engageable against the at least one piston to retract the piston, and the other of the pressure plates is supported against an interior surface of the caliper assembly opposite the one piston, or is engagable against at least one other piston in the caliper assembly opposite the one piston to retract the other piston.

Abstract: One end side of a core wire holder 20 is formed into a shape of a truncated cone and has an inclined surface. In the end portion, an opening 22 is provided, and a hollow portion 21 is formed, a silicon core wire 5 being inserted into the hollow portion 21 and held therein. On the surface of the silicon core wire 5, polycrystalline silicon 6 is vapor deposited by the Siemens method to produce a polycrystalline silicon rod. On the inclined surface of the truncated cone portion in the vicinity of the opening 22, as a thermal insulating layer, annular slits 23a to 23c are formed from an outer circumferential surface in the vicinity of the opening toward the hollow portion 21. The annular slit acts as a thermal insulating portion, and suppresses escape of the heat to heat the one end side of the core wire holder 20.

Abstract: A tool includes an annular frame portion including a mount portion extending radially from the frame portion, a hook portion arranged on the mount portion, the hook portion sized and shaped to engage a member of a tubular component of a turbine combustor, and a force exertion portion arranged on the mount portion, the force exertion portion operative to engage a portion of the turbine combustor.

Abstract: A head lifting device for lifting the head off of an internal combustion engine. The head lifting device is typically used for an engine having multiple separate heads. It includes a crane assembly that has a support member. At one end of the support member is a bracket for attaching to a first head. At the second end of the support member is a gearbox. The second end of the support member is positionable over a second head, the second head typically being adjacent the first head. Hanging down from the gearbox is a shaft threaded, and at the end of the shaft is an assembly for engaging the second head. Driving the gearbox will allow the shaft to move upward through the gearbox and, with a second head attached thereto, allow the second head to lift off the engine block.

Abstract: A method of lifting a nacelle installed on a tower is provided. The method includes attaching a tapered bushing mechanism to a through-hole provided for a member of the tower; attaching a push-up bolt to the tapered bushing mechanism; and raising the push-up bolt while pushing the push-up bolt against a first member provided for the nacelle. The tapered bushing mechanism includes a tapered bushing inner cylinder and a tapered bushing outer cylinder. The tapered bushing inner cylinder includes a first taper section whose outer diameter becomes larger toward an end of the tapered bushing inner cylinder and a first screw thread formed on an inner surface of the tapered bushing inner cylinder. The tapered bushing outer cylinder includes a second taper section whose inner diameter becomes smaller toward an end of the tapered bushing outer cylinder.

Abstract: A reactor installation tool and method for installing a reactor unit in a reactor tube. A reactor installation tool including a movable assembly and a fixed assembly linked together such that the movable assembly can be adjusted relative to the fixed assembly. The movable assembly including a reactor sleeve attachment means for releasably securing a reactor sleeve loaded with a reactor unit to the tool. The fixed assembly including an expandable clamping unit for releasably securing the tool to a reactor tube. A reactor unit can be installed in the reactor tube by adjusting the movable assembly to extract the reactor unit from the reactor sleeve as the fixed assembly is rigidly secured to the reactor tube. The fixed assembly can be released from the reactor tube and the reactor installation tool can be removed from the reactor tube.

Abstract: A tool for removing a worn bearing from a bearing housing of a machine having a rotating shaft, such as a squirrel cage blower, the bearing removal tool including a first body portion and a second body portion assembled within the machine housing to include a cylindrical member encircling the shaft for axial movement therealong for exerting an axial percussive force against the bearing when the tool is moved quickly and sharply along the shaft against the aft side of the bearing.

Abstract: An extractor tool, in particular for bearing rings. This extractor tool is intended to be suitable, in particular, for extracting, or demounting, bearing rings, and it is also intended to be used in mounting situations in which radial access and bilateral axial access to the machine part to be demounted are not possible and, in addition, the extractor tool is to be simple and cost-effective to produce and easy to operate. The extractor tool has at least one magnet for non-positively connecting the extractor tool to a machine part to be extracted, in particular a bearing ring.

Abstract: A composite fabrication vent assembly for connection to an inflatable bladder, the combination of a vent assembly and an inflatable bladder, and a method of mechanically connecting a vent assembly and a bladder. The vent assembly comprises a body member having a first clamping surface, a clamping member having a second clamping surface, and a carriage member interconnecting the body member and the clamping member, with the first and second clamping surfaces in opposing relationship. With the open end of an inflatable bladder inserted between the opposed clamping surfaces, the carriage member is adapted to translate the body member and clamping member toward one another to form an airtight seal with the inflatable bladder. A controlled source of pressurized gas, connected to a gas inlet of the vent assembly, can then inflate and deflate the bladder in a controlled manner through one or more passageways in the vent assembly.

Abstract: An apparatus for installing a turbine casing including a first drive subassembly and a member coupled to the first drive subassembly configured for engaging a first segment of the turbine casing. The apparatus may also include a second member coupled to the second drive subassembly configured for engaging the first segment of the turbine casing. The apparatus may be provided with a first retainer connected to the first member and configured for engaging a second segment of the turbine casing, and a second retainer connected to the second member and configured for engaging the second segment of the turbine casing.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing a dry tube assembly includes a mounting structure configured to mount the apparatus to a top guide of a reactor vessel, a clamping assembly configured to engage the dry tube assembly, and a positioning assembly that is configured to position and rotate the clamping assembly relative to the dry tube assembly. The dry tube assembly is buckled and removed without exercising a joint.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an extraction apparatus used to pull a golf shaft out of a club head comprises a hosel engagement member, an annular cylinder bore and piston assembly, and a shaft clamping device. The assembly is positioned on the shaft by passing the shaft through an axial hole in the assembly and the hosel engagement member is placed next to the head's hosel. The shaft is clamped in the clamping device so that the hosel, the hosel engagement member, and the cylinder and piston assembly are held tightly against the clamping device. The cylinder is then pressurized, thereby applying a force to the piston and an extraction force to the head which is essentially symmetrical with the shaft. The hosel is then heated to weaken its adhesive bond to the shaft so the piston is able to move and push the head away from the shaft.

Abstract: A disassembly apparatus and a method for changing at least one cylinder and/or a cluster of a laterally supported 6-high roll stand. The disassembly apparatus includes: a handling frame, including a positioning and moving device for moving and positioning same; a mobile shuttle capable of moving over the frame, wherein the shuttle includes an extraction device which can be moved by a moving member and which can disassemble the roll stand or assemble a cluster and/or a lateral supporting cylinder on it. The extraction device includes an upper crossbeam rigidly connected, via a movable strut, to a lower crossbeam. Each of the crossbeams have, at each of their ends, a movable gripping plate including at least one locking bolt. The gripping plates of a single crossbeam are configured to grip at least one cluster and/or at least one lateral supporting cylinder by actuating the locking bolt.

Abstract: A connector fitting jig for attaching and detaching a first housing and a second housing to and from each other by a low insertion and separation force, includes a cylindrical-shaped jig body, an inner cylinder member and a screw shaft. The inner cylinder member is inserted in the jig body and is held to be relatively movable only in an axial direction. The screw shaft is screwed with a threaded portion formed on an inner cylinder inner peripheral surface of the inner cylinder member, and is held to be rotatable relative to a body other end of the jig body, but not to be relatively movable in the axial direction.

Abstract: A mounting mechanism includes a base, a pin movably mounted on the base, a first driving member, and a second driving member. The first driving member is connected to the pin and can drive the pin to move axially. The second driving member is connected to the pin, and can rotate the pin around its own axis, such that a plastic plug positioned on a free end of the pin can always be reliably inserted in a hole of a housing notwithstanding minor misalignments with the hole.