Self-adjusting assembly and method for close tolerance spacing
AssigneeTristan Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRay Edmund Sarwinski, Richard Charles Reineman, Sheldon Jao Dung Gott, David Alan Schurig, Douglas Norman Paulson
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Abstract
A self-adjusting assembly and method are disclosed. In the disclosed embodiments, a support assembly for supporting a device comprises a pair of support members for supporting the device. One of the members is adapted to help support the device from a ground, and another of the members is adapted to provide lateral support for the device and to permit free longitudinal movement of the device as it expands or contracts due to temperature variations.
Claims25
A support assembly for supporting a device, comprising:
- a set of grounded rods, said rods being circumferentially spaced apart around said device and being substantially parallel to said device;
- a support bracket adapted to move along said grounded rods and adapted to carry said device along as, said support bracket moves along said grounded rods;
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- an expandable member adapted to expand along a direction parallel to said device with increasing temperature, said expandable member being further adapted to cause said support bracket to move along said grounded rods as said member expands.
A support assembly for supporting a device, comprising:
- a set of grounded rods, said rods being circumferentially spaced apart around said device end being substantially parallel to said device;
- an expandable member adapted to expand along a direction parallel to said device with increasing temperature;
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- means for transferring said expansion of said expandable member to corresponding movement of said device in said parallel direction.
A method of supporting a device, comprising:
- supporting said device with a support bracket adapted to move along a set of grounded rods and adapted to carry said device along as said support bracket moves along said grounded rods, said rods being circumferentially spaced apart around said device and being substantially parallel to said device;
- laterally supporting said device;
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- causing said support bracket to move along said rods via an expandable member, said expandable member being adapted to expand along a direction parallel to said device with increasing temperature.
A support assembly for supporting a device, comprising:
- a pair of support members for supporting said device;
- one of said members being adapted to help support said device from a ground;
- another of said members being adapted to provide lateral support for said device and to permit free longitudinal movement of the device as it expands or contracts due to temperature variations;
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- wherein said device is a vertically oriented SQUID.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.