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

Claim 0:
1. A bracket assembly for securing a tower section to a deck, the tower section having a flange face with a plurality of bolt holes along a bolt circle, the assembly comprising:
a lower support bracket having a horizontal base for resting upon the deck, and having a vertical plate extending upwardly therefrom, the vertical plate having a proximal face for engaging the tower section flange face and a distal face, and wherein said vertical plate includes first and second circular apertures formed therethrough, both located to lie along the tower section bolt circle and each sized to span at least two bolt holes of the plurality of bolt holes, and
first and second attachment yokes, each having a retention flange with a circular rim extending therefrom to a yoke face, wherein said circular rims are sized to rotatably engage said first and second circular apertures, and wherein said yoke faces lies flush with said proximal face of said vertical plate while said retention flanges engage said distal face, and wherein said first and second attachment yokes have formed therethrough at least two bolt apertures sized and spaced to match the size and spacing of the at least two bolt holes spanned by said first and second circular apertures, to thereby enable alignment of said bolt apertures with the bolt holes by rotation of said first and second attachment yokes within said first and second circular apertures, to thereby enable insertion of retention bolts therethrough, and
first and second sections of steel pipe welded to said vertical plate as reinforcement members, and disposed about said first and second circular apertures, respectively, and each having a diameter greater than said first and second attachment yoke retention flanges.