Back to results
US 11,331,760 B2Granted
Alignment tool and method for aligning heavy machinery and equipment
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsPiotr Krzysztof Dzieciol, Adrian Adam Klejc, Sean Cornelius O'Meara, Szymon Perkowski
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a tool and method for alignment adjustment of machinery. The tool may include a bottom plate, a top plate oriented in parallel planes, a low friction intermediate element between bottom plate and top plate, and a hydraulic actuator or electro-mechanic actuator arranged between the bottom plate and the top plate and capable of moving the top plate relative to the bottom plate.
Claims13
A tool for alignment adjustment of machinery comprising:
- a bottom plate;
- a top plate positioned parallel to the bottom plate, the top plate including:
- a first pair of lever arms positioned on opposite sides of the top plate, and
- a second pair of lever arms positioned on opposite sides of the top plate;
- a low friction intermediate element between the bottom plate and the top plate;
- and a plurality of actuators arranged between the bottom plate and the top plate and capable of moving the top plate relative to the bottom plate,
- wherein at least two actuators of the plurality of actuators are mounted on opposite sides of each lever arm of the first and second pairs of lever arms,
- wherein each of the plurality of actuators includes a fixed end attached to the bottom plate and a movable end attached to a lever arm of the first and second pairs of lever arms.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.