Removable bearing system for a gunner stand
AssigneeLenco Industries Inc.
InventorsJake L. Kordana, Brian F. Sears
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Abstract
The invention provides systems and devices for an easily replaceable bearing system for a gunner stand of a vehicle. The bearing system reduces vibration from the vehicle on the bearings, decreases wear and tear, and reduces audible rattling. The bearing system includes a shuttle having a backplate and protruding geometry. Biased members are removably attached to the protruding geometry and are configured to create tension on rails of a gunner stand, holding the bearing system within the rails.
Claims16
A bearing system for a scissor lift, the system comprising:
- a sliding shuttle having x, y, and z coordinate planes,
- wherein the shuttle has a backplate, and
- the shuttle has a geometry protruding from the backplate in the z-direction, an area of the protruding geometry in the x-y plane being less than that of the backplate;
- a first biased member having geometry complimentary to a top of the protruding geometry,
- a second biased member having geometry complimentary to a bottom of the protruding geometry,
- wherein:
- the first biased member is removably attached to the top of the protruding geometry at a first end and a second end;
- the second biased member is removably attached to the bottom of the protruding geometry at a first end and a second end;
- and
- the protruding geometry comprises angles greater than 90°.
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A platform for a turret system for a vehicle, the platform comprising:
- a first base platform and a second base platform, each base platform having a distal end and a proximal end,
- the first base platform being mounted to a floor of an interior of a vehicle, the second base platform being mounted above and parallel to the first base platform, the second base platform being connected to the first base platform by a scissor lift, the scissor lift comprising:
- a bearing system comprising:
- a sliding shuttle having x, y, and z coordinate planes, wherein:
- the shuttle has a backplate;
- the shuttle has a geometry protruding from the backplate in the z-direction;
- an area of the protruding geometry in the x-y plane being less than that of the backplate;
- and
- the protruding geometry comprises angles greater than 90°;
- a first biased member having geometry complimentary to a top of the protruding geometry;
- a second biased member having geometry complimentary to a bottom of the protruding geometry, wherein:
- the first biased member is removably attached to the top of the protruding geometry at a first end and a second end;
- and
- the second biased member is removably attached to the bottom of the protruding geometry at a first end and a second end;
- and
- a plurality of rails attached to the distal corners of the base platforms, each rail capable of receiving the bearing system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.