Gauge Plate
OwnerSteven D. Singleton, W. Thomas Urmson, JR. +2inventors
InventorsSteven D. Singleton, W. Thomas Urmson, JR., Ronald K. Junk, John W. Mospan
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Abstract
A gauge plate insulator includes a body having a first side and a second side positioned opposite the second, with the first side of the body defining a planar surface, and the body defining a first opening and a second opening, and a leg extending from the second side of the body and configured to be positioned between first and second gauge plate members. The leg is positioned between the first and second openings of the body, with the body and leg formed integrally from a fiber-reinforced polymer.
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A gauge plate insulator comprising:
- a body having a first side and a second side positioned opposite the second, the first side of the body defining a planar surface, the body defining a first opening and a second opening;
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- a leg extending from the second side of the body and configured to be positioned between first and second gauge plate members, the leg positioned between the first and second openings of the body, wherein the body and leg are formed integrally from a fiber-reinforced polymer.
A method of manufacturing a gauge plate insulator comprising a body having a first side and a second side positioned opposite the second, and a leg extending from the second side of the body and configured to be positioned between first and second gauge plate members, the method comprising:
- impregnating a fiber reinforcement with resin;
- pulling the fiber reinforcement impregnated with the resin through a forming die to form a profile of the body and leg of the gauge plate insulator;
- heating the profile to cure the resin;
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- cutting the profile to a predetermined length.
A gauge plate insulator comprising:
- a pair of laterally spaced, elongated, planar metallic cores, each of the laterally spaced, elongated, planar metallic cores extend in a first direction;
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- an electrically insulating material encasing the pair of laterally spaced, elongated, planar metallic cores, the electrically insulating material defining an insulating member that includes a T-shaped cross section defined by a body of the electrically insulating material and a leg of the electrically insulating material that depends from the body, the depending leg having an elongated dimension that extends in a second direction laterally to the first direction.
A gauge plate insulator comprising:
- an L-shaped insulating member having a base configured to be positioned between first and second gauge plate members and a leg extending from the base;
- a metallic backing plate having a first part configured to engage a first gauge plate member, a second part configured to engage the leg of the L-shaped insulating member, and a third part extending between the first part and the second part of the metallic backing plate and configured to engage a portion of the base of the L-shaped insulating member;
- a first fastener configured to be received by a first opening defined by the first part of the metallic backing plate to secure the metallic backing plate to a first gauge plate member and a second fastener configured to be received by a second opening defined by the second part of the metallic backing plate and an opening defined by the leg of the L-shaped insulating member;
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- an insulation plate configured to be positioned between a portion of the second fastener and the second part of the metallic backing plate.
A gauge plate assembly comprising:
- a first gauge plate member having a thick section and a thin section adjacent an end of the first gauge plate member;
- a second gauge plate member having a thick section and a thin section adjacent an end of the second gauge plate member, a portion of the thin section of the first gauge plate member overlapping a portion of the thin section of the second gauge plate member;
- an insulating member positioned between the first and second gauge plate members;
- at least one fastener extending through an opening extending through the thin sections of the first and second gauge plate members and the insulating member;
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- an insulation plate positioned between a portion of the at least one fastener and the thin section of the second gauge plate member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.