Manitowoc Crane Companies, Inc.

Arumugam Munuswamy

Marius Fangnang Keunda

Donald C Hade, Jr

Ashok K Bonde

Mollee M Johnston

Alice R Bennett

Uday Sankar Meka

Marrilee K Shannon

Components and systems for a flexible tensioning member for construction equipment. A tensioning member is comprised of a fiber having a specific tensile strength greater than 1,000 kilonewton meters per kilogram. The tensioning member connects two components and has an attachment allowing the tensioning member to flex relative to a component. The attachment may provide a system for connecting multiple tensioning members.

Lightweight flexible tensioning system for construction equipment

A beam for use in construction equipment is made from tailor welded panels. At least one of the panels is made from at least two pieces of material such as steel welded together with the weld running the length of the beam. The weld between pieces of steel can either be parallel to the longitudinal axis of the beam, or the pieces can be tapered and the weld will be at an angle diverging from the longitudinal axis of the beam. The two pieces of material have a different compressive strength per unit of length in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the beam. In some embodiments a top panel is welded to two side panels to form two top corners of the beam and a bottom panel is welded to the two side panels to form two bottom corners of the beam.

Tailor welded panel beam for construction machine and method of manufacturing

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Arumugam Munuswamy