Bridges – Transportable
Patent
1985-06-10
1987-01-13
Leppink, James A.
Bridges
Transportable
14 1, 182 63, E01D 1512
Patent
active
046353119
ABSTRACT:
A folding tactical bridge module and bridging system and method of deploy and retrieval. Each module is made up of three longitudinally collapsible units interconnected and folded in a side-by-side arrangement to be carried by a bridge transporter vehicle. Each unit includes an arched roadway portion made up of two arcuate segments with a hinge at the centerline and a truss hingedly connected at each longitudinal edge. Tensile links tie the edges of the arched roadway together. The module folds in two ways with the tie links nested between the vertically collapsed first folded roadway segments which in turn are nested between a pair of vertical trusses. The three units of each module are in turn folded a second time into a side-by-side compact relation upon a transporter deploying vehicle. The bridge may be expanded and emplaced by the bridge transporter vehicle and its two-man crew using self-contained extendable-retractable interconnectable traversing beams associated with each of its three units.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3411167 (1968-11-01), Sedlacek
patent: 3820181 (1974-06-01), Wagner et al.
patent: 3925840 (1975-12-01), Wagner
patent: 4319375 (1982-03-01), Mahncke
Becker John E.
Lane Anthony T.
Leppink James A.
Phillips Roger F.
Smith Matthew
LandOfFree
Military tactical bridge system, method and foldable modules does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Military tactical bridge system, method and foldable modules, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Military tactical bridge system, method and foldable modules will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2346672