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US 6,883,965 B2Granted
Support for ball transfer unit
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorsSteven Craig Gasal, Mark Lyle Olson
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InventorsSteven Craig Gasal, Mark Lyle Olson
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A support for use with a ball transfer unit associated, in use, with a double-skinned deck panel, the support being characterised by being elongate, rigid, and adapted at one end to receive the housing of a ball transfer unit and to seat beneath a peripheral shoulder of the housing which is presented in use towards the lower skin of the panel, the support further being shaped at its opposite end to present to the lower skin of the panel, in use, a “foot-print” which includes and exceeds the “foot-print” presented in use by the ball transfer unit housing to the lower skin of the panel, the length of the support being such that, in use, with the “foot-print” of the support engaging the lower skin of the panel, the ball of the ball transfer unit protrudes from the upper skin of the panel by a predetermined, desired amount. There is also disclosed a support and unit combination, a deck panel, and a method of repairing a deck panel.
A support for use with a ball transfer unit associated, in use, with a double-skinned deck panel, the support being elongate, rigid, and adapted at one end to receive the housing of a ball transfer unit and to seat beneath a peripheral shoulder of the housing which is presented in use towards the lower skin of the panel, the support further being shaped at its opposite end to present to the lower skin of the panel, in use, a “foot-print” which includes and exceeds the “foot-print” presented in use by the ball transfer unit housing to the lower skin of the panel, the length of the support being such that, in use, with the “foot-print” of the support engaging the lower skin of the panel, the ball of the ball transfer unit protrudes from the upper skin of the panel by a predetermined, desired amount, said one end of said support including one or more keying formations engaging the housing of the ball transfer unit in use to limit or prevent angular movement of the ball transfer unit relative to the support about the longitudinal axis of the support.
A support for use with a ball transfer unit associated, in use, with a double-skinned deck panel, the support being elongate, rigid, and adapted at one end to receive the housing of a ball transfer unit and to seat beneath a peripheral shoulder of the housing which is presented in use towards the lower skin of the panel, the support further being shaped at its opposite end to present to the lower skin of the panel, in use, a “foot-print” which includes and exceeds the “foot-print” presented in use by the ball transfer unit housing to the lower skin of the panel, the length of the support being such that, in use, with the “foot-print” of the support engaging the lower skin of the panel, the ball of the bail transfer unit protrudes from the upper skin of the panel by a predetermined, desired amount, said “foot-print” of said opposite end of said support being non-circular so as to be able to co-operate with one or more abutments of the deck panel in use to limit or prevent angular movement of the support relative to the deck panel in use about the longitudinal axis of the support.
A method of repairing a double-skinned deck panel supporting a bail transfer unit (BTU), comprising the steps of
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