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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2007
Brian A. Pluymers, Haddonfield, NJ (US);
Khanh Nguyen, Conshohocken, PA (US);
Brian A. Pluymers, Haddonfield, NJ (US);
Khanh Nguyen, Conshohocken, PA (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
An arrangement for clamping a flat plate to a flat surface includes juxtaposing the plate to the flat surface. An axially-movable wedging element defining a surface fitted with wedges is fixed against motion in other than a direction of elongation, and is forced to move in the direction of elongation. The wedges are forced against a first spring beam to impart forces thereto. The forces are coupled from the first spring beam to a second spring beam by intermediary supports. The second spring beam bears against a surface of the flat plate to force the plate against the flat surface.