Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Portable road segment wedge and pin connection and method
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Application No.: US17486934Application Date: 2021-09-28
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Publication No.: US12024833B2Publication Date: 2024-07-02
- Inventor: Matthew P Murray , Gary E Johnston , David A Nguyen , Christopher M Ables , Thad C Pratt
- Applicant: United States of America as Represented by The Secretary of The Army
- Applicant Address: US VA Alexandria
- Assignee: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
- Current Assignee: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Alexandria
- Agent Brian C. Jones
- Main IPC: E01D15/133
- IPC: E01D15/133 ; E01C5/00 ; E01D15/14

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230102143A1 SURFACE VEHICLES CONNECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2023-03-30
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