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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2022
Bnsf Logistics, Llc, Dallas, TX (US);
Andrew J. Sullivan, Bedford, TX (US);
Dwayne M. Ganner, Grapevine, TX (US);
John L. Ferris, Colleyville, TX (US);
Christof J. Hettiger, Irving, TX (US);
Alejandra Soltero, Fort Worth, TX (US);
James W. V. Tabije, Coppell, TX (US);
BNSF Logistics, LLC, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An articulated support fixture for a wind turbine blade includes a base frame with first and second bearing slide areas and first and second bearing blocks disposed to slide thereabout, each bearing block including a laterally oriented bearing. A fixture mount with a laterally oriented axle engages the laterally oriented bearings enabling the fixture mount to articulate about the lateral axle. The first and second bearing slide areas are configured to enable the first and second bearing blocks, together with the fixture mount, to slide along a generally longitudinal path, and to enable rotation of the fixture mount about a vertical axis as the first and second bearing blocks cooperatively slide upon the first and second bearing slide areas. A wind turbine blade interface is attached to the fixture mount, to enable engagement with, and support of, the wind turbine blade.