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US 12,485,935 B2Granted
Treadplate for a floor of a gangway and gangway
AssigneeDellner Couplers AB
InventorChristopher Meers
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Abstract
A treadplate for a floor of a gangway the treadplate having a basic body of a first material, and a plurality of bones of a second material, wherein the bones are encapsulated by the first material, wherein the second material has a higher elastic modulus than the first material and/or the stiffness of at least one bone of the several bones is higher than the stiffness of the basic body.
Claims21
A treadplate for a floor of a gangway, comprising:
- a basic body of a first material;
- a plurality of bones of a second material,
- wherein the plurality of bones are encapsulated by the first material, and
- wherein the second material has a higher elastic modulus than the first material, and/or a stiffness of at least one bone of the plurality of bones is higher than the stiffness of the basic body;
- wherein a gap exists between each one of the bones and a nearest neighboring bone, and a width of a bone in a width direction is larger than the gap, wherein the gap extends along an entire length of each one of the bones and the nearest neighboring bone.
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A gangway comprising a floor, the floor having a treadplate comprising a basic body of a first material;
- a plurality of bones of a second material, wherein the plurality of bones are encapsulated by the first material, and wherein a) the second material has a higher elastic modulus than the first material, and/or b) a stiffness of at least one bone of the plurality of bones is higher than the stiffness of the basic body;
- wherein a gap exists between each one of the bones and a nearest neighboring bone, and a width of a bone in a width direction is larger than the gap, wherein the gap extends along an entire length of each one of the bones and the nearest neighboring bone.
A method for producing a treadplate comprising:
- providing a basic body of a first material;
- providing a plurality of bones of a second material;
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- vulcanizing the basic body onto the plurality of bones;
- wherein the second material has a higher elastic modulus than the first material, and/or a stiffness of at least one bone of the plurality of bones is higher than the stiffness of the basic body;
- wherein a gap exists between each one of the bones and a nearest neighboring bone, and a width of a bone in a width direction is larger than the gap;
- wherein the gap extends along an entire length of each one of the bones and the nearest neighboring bone.
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