Load bearing clamp for transmitting loads to a shaft
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsShawn David DOWNEY, Timothy Michael KEMP
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a load bearing clamp including a first clamp member, the first clamp member including a first semi-annular clamping surface, a second clamp member, the second clamp member including a second semi-annular clamping surface, the second semi-annular clamping surface opposing the first semi-annular clamping surface and at least one member for drawing the first clamp member and the second clamp member toward each other, wherein at least one of the first semi-annular clamp surface and the second semi-annular clamp surface includes at least one irregular surface that deforms at least a portion of a shaft clamped between the first and second clamp members.
Claims14
A grillage assembly for attachment to a plurality of piles, the grillage assembly comprising:
- a load bearing member having an outer surface;
- a plurality of pile coupling members attached to the outer surface of the load bearing member, each pile coupling member being hollow and having an open top and an open bottom configured to receive a shaft of one of the plurality of piles;
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- a plurality of load bearing clamps associated with the plurality of pile coupling members such that at least one of the plurality of the load bearing clamps corresponds to one of the plurality of pile coupling members, each load bearing clamp being attachable to the shaft of one of the plurality of piles so as to support the corresponding one of the plurality of pile coupling members.
A grillage assembly for attachment to a plurality of piles, the grillage assembly comprising:
- a load bearing member having an outer surface;
- a plurality of arms attached to the outer surface of the load bearing member and extending away from the outer surface;
- a plurality of pile coupling members, each pile coupling member being hollow and having an open top and an open bottom configured to receive a shaft of one of the plurality of piles, wherein one of the plurality of pile coupling members is attached to one of the plurality of arms such that each pile coupling member is spaced away from the load bearing member;
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- a plurality of load bearing clamps, wherein one of the plurality of load bearing clamps is configured to be attached to the shaft of the one of the piles, each load bearing clamp when attached to the shaft of the one of the piles supports one of the plurality of pile coupling members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.