Hybrid loader boom arm assembly
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsSANJEEV M. HALLALE, MOHAMAD S. EL-ZEIN, HECTOR PORTILLO, ISRAEL PRIEGO, DANIEL CHAPA, Nathan F. Tortorella
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Abstract
A hybrid loader boom arm assembly kit for a loader work vehicle includes a hollow first beam formed from a lightweight material, and a block formed from a second lightweight material. The block is configured to couple within the first beam. The kit includes at least one first steel reinforcing plate configured to couple to the first beam at the end, and at least one connecting plate configured to couple to the at least one first reinforcing plate.
Claims20
A hybrid loader boom arm assembly kit for a loader work vehicle, the kit comprising:
- a hollow first beam formed from a lightweight material;
- a solid block formed from a second lightweight material, the block configured to couple within the first beam;
- at least one first steel reinforcing plate configured to couple to the first beam;
- and
- at least one connecting plate configured to couple to the at least one first reinforcing plate;
- wherein the first lightweight material and the second lightweight material each are less than a weight of steel.
A method of assembling a hybrid loader boom arm for a loader work vehicle, the method comprising:
- coupling a first beam formed from a lightweight material less than steel to a solid first block formed from a second lightweight material less than steel;
- coupling at least one first steel reinforcing plate to the first beam at a first end of the first beam;
- and
- coupling at least one connecting plate to the at least one first reinforcing plate.
A method of assembling a hybrid loader boom arm for a loader work vehicle, the method comprising:
- coupling a first beam formed from a lightweight material less than steel to a second beam formed from the lightweight material with a first solid block formed from a second lightweight material less than steel to form an arm assembly;
- coupling at least one first steel reinforcing plate to the first beam at a first end of the first beam;
- coupling at least one second steel reinforcing plate to the second beam at a third end of the second beam;
- and
- coupling at least one connecting plate to the at least one first reinforcing plate and the at least one second reinforcing plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.