Mounting system for securing modules to one another
AssigneeMesserschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm GmbH
InventorsHorst Huetter, Helga Kreupl
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Abstract
Modular units are connected to each other with the aid of recesses provided in the edges of the modular units and with the aid of clamping bolts each carrying two nuts and a clamping nut in a mirror-symmetrical arrangement relative to a plane passing centrally through the clamping nut and perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the clamping bolt. The recesses are correspondingly dimensioned and located so that two sets of recesses in a mirror-symmetrical arrangement can receive the clamping bolt with its nuts. A clamping bolt has oppositely threaded ends so that the rotation of the bolt in one direciton tightens both nuts and rotation in the opposite directions loosens the nuts.
Claims7
A mounting system for securing a plurality of modular units having side walls forming lateral edges, to one another, comprising rapid clamping means including a bolt having two free bolt ends and a tool engaging section between said two free bolt ends, said free bolt ends having oppositely directed threads thereon, and a tying nut on each free bolt end for tying neighboring modular units to each other, recess means in at least certain of said side walls next to said lateral edges of each modular unit, each recess means having a curved bottom portion, said recess means being located in such positions that the recess means of two neighboring aligned modular units match with each other to form a complete cavity with a configuration and dimensions for receiving one of said rapid clamping means, and wherein each of said tying nuts has a respectively curved portion fitting into said curved bottom portion of said recess means for centering said rapid clamping means in said recess means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.