Patent ID: 11939954
Assignee: BNSF LOGISTICS, LLC
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B  Y | IPC B  F

Claim 7:
8. A method of securing a tower section to a deck, the tower section having a flange face with a plurality of bolt holes along a bolt circle, by utilizing a lower support bracket with a horizontal base and a vertical plate extending upwardly therefrom, the plate having proximal and distal faces, and where the vertical plate includes first and second circular apertures formed therethrough, and utilizing first and second attachment yokes that each have a retention flange with a circular rim extending therefrom to a yoke face, and wherein the first and second attachment yokes have at least two bolt apertures sized and spaced to match the size and spacing of the bolt holes along the bolt circle, and wherein the lower support bracket further includes first and second lower column attachment members disposed about left and right sides of the vertical plate, and wherein the bracket assembly further includes first and second vertical columns, and first and second upper support brackets that mirror one-another about a vertical centerline, and which each include an upper column attachment member and an upper vertical plate with proximal and distal faces, wherein the upper vertical plate extends inwardly from the upper column attachment member, and wherein each upper vertical plate includes an upper circular aperture formed therethrough, and each includes an upper attachment yoke that has a retention flange with a circular rim extending therefrom to a yoke face, and where the upper attachment yoke has at least two bolt apertures sized and spaced to match the size and spacing of the bolt holes along the bolt circle, and wherein the first and second upper support brackets each further include a turnbuckle eyelet fixed thereto, and the bracket assembly further includes a turnbuckle, the method comprising the steps of:
resting the horizontal base of the lower support bracket on the deck;
positioning the tower section such that the flange face of the tower section engages the proximal face of the lower support bracket, and such that the first and second circular apertures lie along the tower section bolt circle, each spanning at least two bolt holes of the plurality of bolt holes;
engaging the rim of the first and second attachment yokes with the first and second circular apertures such that the yoke faces lies flush with the proximal face of the vertical plate while the retention flanges engages the distal face;
rotating the first and second attachment yokes such that the at least two bolt apertures in each align with the at least two bolt holes along the bolt circle, and thereby
enabling insertion of retention bolts therethrough attaching the first and second vertical columns to the first and second lower column attachment members, respectively, such that they extend upwardly;
attaching the upper column attachment members of the upper support bracket to an upper potion of the left and right vertical columns;
connecting the turnbuckle between the first and second turnbuckle eyelets, and
adjusting tension forces between the first and second upper support brackets;
positioning the tower section such that the flange face of the tower section engages the proximal face of the upper vertical plates, and such that the upper circular apertures lie along the tower section bolt circle, each spanning at least two bolt holes of the plurality of bolt holes;
engaging the rim of the upper attachment yokes with the upper circular apertures such that the yoke faces lies flush with the proximal faces of the upper vertical plates, respectively, while the retention flanges engages the distal faces;
rotating the upper attachment yokes such that the at least two bolt apertures in each align with the at least two bolt holes along the bolt circle, and thereby
enabling insertion of retention bolts therethrough.