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US 10,202,729 B2Granted
Mobile bridge module
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsIan Edward Tothill, Timothy John Davis
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Abstract
A mobile bridge module includes a reinforcement applied in a non-destructive manner. This might alternatively and/or additionally be defined as a non-destructively reinforced mobile bridge module.
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A gap-spanning mobile bridge apparatus comprising:
- a first mobile bridge ramp module;
- a second mobile bridge ramp module;
- an inter-ramp mobile bridge module connected between the first mobile bridge ramp module and the second mobile bridge ramp module;
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- a reinforcement on an exterior surface of at least one of the first mobile bridge ramp module, the second mobile bridge ramp module, and the inter-ramp mobile bridge module, the reinforcement including a reinforcement element bonded to the exterior surface in a non-destructive manner,
- wherein the reinforcement is a pre-formed strip of material that is applied as a whole to an exterior surface of an I-beam structure of at least one module of the first mobile bridge ramp module, the second mobile bridge ramp module, and the inter-ramp mobile bridge module.
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A method of reinforcing a mobile bridge module of a gap-spanning mobile bridge apparatus, the gap-spanning mobile bridge apparatus comprising a first mobile bridge ramp module and a second mobile bridge ramp module connected together by a plurality of inter-ramp mobile bridge modules, the method comprising:
- non-destructively reinforcing an exterior surface of at least one of the modules by bonding a reinforcement element to the exterior surface,
- wherein the reinforcement is a pre-formed strip of material that is applied as a whole to an exterior surface of an I-beam structure of at least one module of the first mobile bridge ramp module, the second mobile bridge ramp module, and the inter-ramp mobile bridge module, a flange of the I-beam of the module, or a lower flange of the I-beam of the module, or a combination thereof.
A gap-spanning mobile bridge apparatus comprising:
- a mobile bridge module, the mobile bridge module including a reinforcement,
- wherein the reinforcement is an addition to the original structure of the mobile bridge module,
- wherein the reinforcement includes a bonding material and a reinforcement element bonded in a non-destructive manner to an exterior surface of the mobile bridge module using bonding material, and the bonding material includes one or more of a resin binder, a ceramic binder, and/or an epoxy adhesive, and
- wherein the reinforcement is a pre-formed strip of material that is applied as a whole to an exterior surface of an I-beam structure of at least one module of the first mobile bridge ramp module, the second mobile bridge ramp module, and the inter-ramp mobile bridge module, a flange of the I-beam of the module, or a lower flange of the I-beam of the module, or a combination thereof.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.