US Patent Application 17824410. MACHINE WITH A BOOM LINK AND POSITION SENSOR simplified abstract
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MACHINE WITH A BOOM LINK AND POSITION SENSOR
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Vincent Adam Armstrong of Mooresboro NC (US)
Joshua D. Callaway of Cary NC (US)
Christopher Erik Bright of Raleigh NC (US)
Benjamin J. Terry of Wilson NC (US)
Michael C. Layko of Apex NC (US)
MACHINE WITH A BOOM LINK AND POSITION SENSOR - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 17824410 titled 'MACHINE WITH A BOOM LINK AND POSITION SENSOR
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes a machine with a body, boom link, swing casting, and boom that can rotate horizontally.
- The machine includes a mounting bracket fixed to the swing casting and a position sensor fixed to the boom link.
- A first link is connected to the position sensor and can rotate about a rotary element.
- A second link is connected to the mounting bracket and the second end of the first link.
- The first and second links can rotate horizontally with the boom and swing casting and transfer this rotation to the rotary element.
Original Abstract Submitted
A machine may include a body, a boom link, a swing casting, and a boom. The boom and the swing casting may be configured to rotate horizontally about an axis through the boom link. The machine may further include a mounting bracket fixedly connected to the swing casting, a position sensor fixedly connected to the boom link, a first link fixedly connected at a first end to the position sensor and configured to rotate about an axis through a rotary element, and a second link fixedly connected at a first end to the mounting bracket and at a second end to a second end of the first link. The first link and the second link may be configured to rotate horizontally with horizontal rotation of the boom and the swing casting and to transfer the horizontal rotation of the boom and the swing casting to the rotary element.
