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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2014
Brent Morgan, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Brent Morgan, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Other;
Abstract
A slew drive with clamp including a slew drive having a housing, a worm shaft having a worm thread carried within the housing for rotational movement, a torque tube having an outer diameter and a central socket extending therethrough, the torque tube carried by the housing for rotational movement perpendicularly to the worm shaft and worm thread, and coupling means for rotatably engaging the torque tube with the worm threads. A transverse support member is received in the socket and extends substantially perpendicularly therefrom. A clamp is carried within the socket movable between a clamped and an unclamped position for clamping the transverse member fixedly within the socket.