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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ray Edmund Sarwinski, San Diego, CA (US);
Richard Charles Reineman, LaJolla, CA (US);
Sheldon Jao Dung Gott, San Diego, CA (US);
David Alan Schurig, LaJolla, CA (US);
Douglas Norman Paulson, Del Mar, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tristan Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/3035 ; F17C 3/08 ; F17C 1/308 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 3/3035 ; F17C 3/08 ; F17C 1/308 ;
Abstract
A self-adjusting assembly and method are disclosed. In the disclosed embodiments, a support assembly for supporting a device comprises a pair of support members for supporting the device. One of the members is adapted to help support the device from a ground, and another of the members is adapted to provide lateral support for the device and to permit free longitudinal movement of the device as it expands or contracts due to temperature variations.