A jig for a cover window may include a lower jig and an upper jig on the lower jig. The lower jig may include a mounting portion, on which a cover window is configured to be disposed, and an exhausting portion adjacent to the mounting portion. The upper jig may include a cover unit, in which an opening exposing the mounting portion is defined, and a sidewall portion, coupled to the cover unit and enclosing the lower jig. The cover unit may be spaced apart from and overlapped with the exhausting portion.

Method and apparatus for sharpening a cutting edge of a cutting tool, such as a kitchen knife. A fixture secures opposing sides of a blade of the cutting tool and includes a main body and hinged first and second clamping jaws each having a clamping end adapted to compressingly engage a respective side of the blade. A guide coupled to the main body has converging support surfaces to contactingly engage a back edge (spine) of the blade opposite the cutting edge to center the blade along a central plane of the fixture. A retraction mechanism establishes a clamping force upon each of the respective sides of the blade via the clamping jaws. Further embodiments include a base assembly adapted to receive the fixture, and a swing arm style abrasive assembly to carry out a sharpening operation upon the cutting edge.

Method and apparatus for sharpening a cutting edge of a cutting tool, such as a kitchen knife. A fixture secures opposing sides of a blade of the cutting tool and includes a main body and hinged first and second clamping jaws each having a clamping end adapted to compressingly engage a respective side of the blade. A guide coupled to the main body has converging support surfaces to contactingly engage a back edge (spine) of the blade opposite the cutting edge to center the blade along a central plane of the fixture. A retraction mechanism establishes a clamping force upon each of the respective sides of the blade via the clamping jaws. Further embodiments include a base assembly adapted to receive the fixture, and a swing arm style abrasive assembly to carry out a sharpening operation upon the cutting edge.

In one embodiment, a calibration apparatus includes a jig body, a camera, an elongated strip which is deflectable and resilient, a lower groove which is disposed in the jig body, and is configured to receive and grasp the camera therein, an upper groove, which is disposed in the jig body above the lower groove, and is configured to receive and grasp the elongated strip therein so as to position the elongated strip above, and in a fixed relation to, the camera, the upper groove being wider than the lower groove, and an alignment element, which is disposed in the jig body, and is configured to align an end of the camera with an end of the elongated strip.

In one embodiment, a calibration apparatus includes a jig body, a camera, an elongated strip which is deflectable and resilient, a lower groove which is disposed in the jig body, and is configured to receive and grasp the camera therein, an upper groove, which is disposed in the jig body above the lower groove, and is configured to receive and grasp the elongated strip therein so as to position the elongated strip above, and in a fixed relation to, the camera, the upper groove being wider than the lower groove, and an alignment element, which is disposed in the jig body, and is configured to align an end of the camera with an end of the elongated strip.

A vehicle assembly tool includes a tooling framework, vehicle control arm caster and camber setting tool, nut runners, and half shaft pressing tool. The vehicle control arm caster and camber setting tool is secured to the framework. The nut runners are secured to the framework and are configured to engage fasteners to rotatably fix a vehicle control arm to a vehicle frame. The half shaft pressing tool is secured to the framework and is configured to press a half shaft into a vehicle axle.

According to an embodiment, a support module is provided for supporting a substrate. The support module may include a chuck and a vertical stage. The chuck may include multiple chuck segments that are independently movable. When the substrate is positioned on the chuck, different chuck segments are positioned under different areas of the substrate. The vertical stage may include multiple piezoelectric motors. Each piezoelectric motor may be configured to perform nanometric scale elevation and lowering movements. The multiple piezoelectric motors may be configured to independently move the multiple chuck segments.

An assembling aid for assembling or de-assembling a turbine assembly having at least two aerofoil assemblies connected to each other by at least two interlocking platforms, wherein the at least two aerofoil assemblies are brought from a free-state untwisted position to an assembled twisted position during assembling, including at least one slot embodied to receive at least one part of an aerofoil assembly, wherein the at least one slot has an entry aperture and an exit aperture. A width of the entry aperture of the at least one slot is wider than a width of the exit aperture of the at least one slot.

An assembling aid for assembling or de-assembling a turbine assembly having at least two aerofoil assemblies connected to each other by at least two interlocking platforms, wherein the at least two aerofoil assemblies are brought from a free-state untwisted position to an assembled twisted position during assembling, including at least one slot embodied to receive at least one part of an aerofoil assembly, wherein the at least one slot has an entry aperture and an exit aperture. A width of the entry aperture of the at least one slot is wider than a width of the exit aperture of the at least one slot.

The invention relates to a method for producing a jig (M) for the thermal forming and/or inspection of a tube (T) of neutral axis (x) and comprising a bent sections (c1-c3) connected by straight sections (d2-d3). The method consists in producing n individual jigs (M1-M3) each comprising a section of duct (18, 18′) of planar neutral axis (χ) for guiding a tube segment formed by one of the n bent sections of the tube (T) and by a predetermined length of each of the straight sections (d1-d4) extending from said bent section, said predetermined length corresponding to either all or part of the length of the straight section; and assembling the n individual jigs (M1-M3) with the sections of guide duct in the continuation of one another and with a relative orientation of the individual jigs adapted to provide a relative orientation between the n planes defined by the neutral axis (χ) of the n sections of guide duct (18, 18′) that is identical to the relative orientation between the n bending planes (P1, P2, P3) defined by the n bent sections (c1-c3) of the tube (T).