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US 12,312,730 B2Granted
Counterweight assembly and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeSSW Advanced Technologies, LLC
InventorsRalph Ronald Raber, John Patrick Driver, Brian J. Stewart
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Abstract
A counterweight assembly for counteracting vibrations or other forces in an appliance or machine includes a body and a funnel coupled to the body. The body includes an outer surface and an inner surface that defines an internal cavity that is adapted to receive a heavy aggregate material to form a counterweight. The funnel extends outwardly from the body and is adapted to deliver the heavy aggregate material to the internal cavity of the body.
Claims17
A method of manufacturing a counterweight assembly, the method comprising:
- pouring a heavy aggregate material into a funnel coupled to a body around an elongate opening defined in a top wall of a central body portion of a body;
- filling an internal cavity of the body with the heavy aggregate material via the funnel with the heavy aggregate material being deposited into an elongate interior of the central body portion and flowing from the central body portion into lateral body portions disposed on and depending downwardly from opposite sides of the elongate interior of the central body portion;
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- curing the heavy aggregate material disposed in the internal cavity of the body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.