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Patent No.:

US 11988644 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 28, 2022

In-situ bollard tester

Applicant:

The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);

Inventors:

Gerritt E. Lang, Ventura, CA (US);

Elaina Ryan, Camarillo, CA (US);

Juan Carrillo, Oxnard, CA (US);

Ricardo Contreras, Santa Maria, CA (US);

Zachary Harwood, Ventura, CA (US);

Benjamin Hulbert, San Diego, CA (US);

Dennis Michael How, Camarillo, CA (US);

Timothy Paul Kurtin, II, Oxon Hill, MD (US);

Assignee:

The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);

Attorneys:

Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center

Jimmy M. Sauz

Primary Examiner:

Jonathan M Dunlap

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/10 (2006.01); B63B 21/06 (2006.01); G01M 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 3/04 (2006.01); G01N 3/08 (2006.01); E02B 3/20 (2006.01); E02B 3/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/10 (2013.01); G01N 3/08 (2013.01); B63B 21/06 (2013.01); E02B 3/20 (2013.01); E02B 3/24 (2013.01); G01M 5/005 (2013.01); G01M 5/0075 (2013.01); G01N 3/04 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0017 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0048 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0244 (2013.01);
Abstract

An in-situ bollard tester. The in-situ bollard tester may comprise: a frame, cable, and tensioner. The frame may mount onto a pier and around a bollard to provide structural support for the cable and tensioner. The frame may comprise a pair of base assemblies and a spreader bar. Each of the base assemblies may comprise a support frame and a cantilever arm, and the spreader bar may be coupled to the pair of base assemblies. A pair of jacks are coupled near proximal corners of the base assemblies. The tensioner may comprise a pair of hydraulic arms having first ends coupled near a proximal end of the base assemblies and a linear crossmember coupled to the second ends of the hydraulic arms. The cable may fasten to the bollard, and the tensioner may apply tension to the cable at various load angles in order to test the integrity of the bollard.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Lang, Gerritt. (2024). In-situ bollard tester (U.S. Patent No. 11988644). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11988644

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