Mobile bridge module
AssigneeBAE SYSTEMS plc
InventorsIAN EDWARD TOTHILL, TIMOTHY JOHN DAVIS
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Abstract
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile bridge module comprising a reinforcement applied in a non-destructive manner. This might alternatively and/or additionally be defined as a non-destructively reinforced mobile bridge module.
Claims20
A gap-spanning mobile bridge apparatus comprising one or more mobile bridge modules, one or more of the one or more mobile modules comprising a reinforcement applied in a non-destructive manner.
A method of reinforcing a mobile bridge module of a gap-spanning mobile bridge apparatus, the gap-spanning mobile bridge apparatus comprising one or more mobile bridge modules, the method comprising non-destructively reinforcing at least one of the one or more mobile bridge modules.
A gap-spanning mobile bridge apparatus comprising a mobile bridge module, the mobile module including a reinforcement applied in a non-destructive manner to the mobile module, wherein the reinforcement is an addition to the original structure of the mobile bridge module, and wherein the reinforcement includes a bonding material and a reinforcement element bonded to the mobile module using bonding material, and the bonding material includes one or more of a resin binder, a ceramic binder, and/or an epoxy adhesive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.