Ball transfer unit support systems
AssigneeGoodrich Corporation
InventorWesley K. Stegmiller
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Abstract
A ball transfer unit support may include a top ring, an upper portion adjacent to the top ring, a lower portion, and a shoulder located between the upper portion and the lower portion. The shoulder may be configured to support a ball transfer unit. The top ring may be in the shape of a truncated circle, and the top ring may snap into an aperture in a top skin of a ball panel. The top ring may include a retaining lip which snaps below the top skin. The truncated circle shape of the top ring may provide anti-rotation between the ball transfer unit support and the ball panel. The ball transfer unit support may transfer load on the ball transfer unit to a bottom skin of the ball panel.
Claims15
A ball transfer unit support comprising:
- a top ring;
- an upper portion adjacent to the top ring;
- a lower portion;
- and
- a shoulder between the upper portion and the lower portion, wherein the shoulder is configured to support a tapered neck of a canister of a ball transfer unit.
A ball transfer unit system comprising:
- a ball panel comprising an aperture;
- a ball transfer unit support located within the aperture, wherein the ball transfer unit support comprises a shoulder;
- and
- a ball transfer unit located within the ball transfer unit support, wherein a tapered neck of a canister of the ball transfer unit is supported by the shoulder of the ball transfer unit support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.