BOOM ASSEMBLY HAVING AN ADAPTER

A boom assembly including an upper boom portion, a base mount, and an adapter coupling the base mount to the upper boom portion, in which the adapter is configured to (i) maintain the boom assembly in a normal operating position when the upper boom portion is subjected to one or more external forces...

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Hauptverfasser:	Reges, Clinton, Vermeulen, Derek, Tinker, John
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	HAULING HOISTING HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCEDIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD LIFTING PERFORMING OPERATIONS TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A boom assembly including an upper boom portion, a base mount, and an adapter coupling the base mount to the upper boom portion, in which the adapter is configured to (i) maintain the boom assembly in a normal operating position when the upper boom portion is subjected to one or more external forces causing one or more internal forces in the adapter below a yield force threshold of the adapter; and (ii) yield when the upper boom portion is subjected to one or more external forces causing one or more internal forces in the adapter equal to or in excess of the yield force threshold of the adapter. Also provided is a materials handling vehicle including a boom assembly.