Assembly comprising a cylindrical structure supported by a support structure
US11387026B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 21, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 16, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01R33/3815
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An assembly having a cylindrical structure supported by a support structure having at least one support element, the support structure being cradle shaped, such that vertical and horizontal loads are taken largely as shear forces by respective interface surfaces which are substantially parallel to the direction of the respective load, and vertical loads are taken in a direction substantially tangential to the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical structure.
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