Portable road segment wedge and pin connection and method
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Jul 2, 2024
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Mar 30, 2023
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Sep 28, 2021
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Abstract
Portable road segments, herein referred to as surface vehicles, include first and second surface vehicles. A female wedge mount is attached to the first surface vehicle. The female wedge mount has a concave contact surface including three or more female contact surface segments an at least two female wedge slots. A male wedge mount is attached to the second surface vehicle. The male wedge mount has a convex contact surface including three or more male contact surface segments and at least two male wedge slots that are aligned with the at least two female wedge slots, respectively, when the convex contact surface of the male wedge mount and the concave contact surface of the female wedge mount are in aligned contact with one another to form an adjacent connection between the first and second surface vehicles. A mechanism includes at least two pins that are movable along the at least two male and female wedge slots, respectively, between unlocked and locked positions.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY | ALEXANDRIA VA |
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- 2021 Application Filing Year
- E01C Class
- 394 Applications Filed
- 188 Patents Issued To-Date
- 47.72 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Ables, Christopher M | Vicksburg, US | 2 | 0 |
# of filed Patents : 2 Total Citations : 0 | |||
Johnston, Gary E | Vicksburg, US | 8 | 75 |
# of filed Patents : 8 Total Citations : 75 | |||
Murray, Matthew P | Vicksburg, US | 1 | 0 |
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 0 | |||
Nguyen, David A | Vicksburg, US | 1 | 0 |
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 0 | |||
Pratt, Thad C | Vicksburg, US | 3 | 3 |
# of filed Patents : 3 Total Citations : 3 |
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