A mount includes a mount base and a mount head coupled to the mount base. The mount base supports the mount head relative to another stationary or movable structure. A handheld electronic device couples to the mount head to be supported relative to the structure at the selection of a user.

The disclosure provides an assembly method of inner ring threaded-connection component device of wind-power locking plate. An internal thread (5) is processed in an inner hole of an inner ring flange (2), an external thread (4) is processed on an outer conical surface (8) at an large opening end of an inner ring (3), and after the processing of the internal thread (5) and the processing of the external thread (4) are respectively completed, an inner ring assembly formed by integral threaded connection of the inner ring flange (2) and the inner ring (3) is connected with the outer ring (1) through bolts so as to form a locking plate component; a shaft sleeve (9) sleeves the locking plate component to ensure that the inner hole of the inner ring (3) matches with the outer circumference of the shaft sleeve (9).

A method for securing a fitting 14 to a composite material rod 12, the method comprising forming a bore 20 in an end part of the rod 12, inserting a tool 26 into the bore 20 to cause radial expansion of the end part of the rod 12, inserting a retainer 22 into the expanded end part of the rod 12, and withdrawing the tool 26 from the end part of the rod 12, the retainer 22 serving to retain the end part of the rod 12 in an expanded condition. An assembly of a fitting 14 and composite material rod 12 is also described.

This disclosure relates to an assembly and method for attaching a heliostat to a foundation in a tower-based solar thermal CSP installation. A heliostat securing assembly for securing a heliostat to a tubular foundation post comprises an insert locatable within an upper opening in the foundation post, the insert defining an aperture for receiving a support shaft of the heliostat. A clamp arrangement, for locating the insert in the upper opening in the foundation post, has at least one inner or outer bearing surface configured to bear against at least one corresponding outer or inner bearing surface of the insert. One or more urging connectors, for connecting the insert and the clamp arrangement, is operable to urge at least one of the insert and the clamp arrangement toward the other in an axial direction of the foundation post. At least one of the at least one outer or inner bearing surface and the at least one corresponding inner or outer bearing surface is configured to transform at least a portion of relative axial movement between the insert and the clamp into relative transverse movement such that, when the insert is located in the upper opening in the foundation post, operation of the urging connector(s) urges at least one of the insert and clamp arrangement in the transverse direction to clamp the securing assembly between the support shaft and foundation post and thereby secure the heliostat to the foundation post.

A drop wire clamp to secure a cable that comprise an outer shell and an inner wedge. The outer shell having a first wall, a second wall, and a shell base to couple the first wall with the second wall. The shell base further defines a shell channel. An inner wedge is receivable in the outer shell and movable between a first position and a second position within the outer shell. The inner wedge has a wedge base defining a wedge channel, wherein the shell channel aligns with the wedge channel in the second position to form a containment structure to house a cable therein. The containment structure includes a length dimension and a width dimension, wherein the length dimension is greater than the width dimension and the length dimension extends in a same direction as the shell base of the outer shell.

A torque tube coupler may include an outer body that includes a first abutting surface and a second abutting surface adjacent to the first abutting surface. Set screws may be inserted into one or more channels of the first abutting surface. Tightening the set screws may force the abutting surfaces away from each other and the outer body to press against an inner surface of a torque tube. Another embodiment of the torque tube coupler may include a central ring sized based on a size of a torque tube. The torque tube coupler may also include a set of fingers that extend away from a first side of the central ring and are shaped to flex radially outward. The torque tube coupler may include a core disposed within the set of fingers that, when drawn towards the central ring, causes the fingers to flex radially outwards.

An improved bushing assembly comprising an inner bushing having an outwardly-facing frusto-conical surface, an outwardly-facing threaded surface, and an inwardly-facing cylindrical surface adapted to engage a shaft, an outer bushing having first and second bushing bearing surfaces and an inwardly-facing frusto-conical surface in sliding engagement with the outwardly-facing frusto-conical surface of the inner bushing, a nut having an inwardly-facing threaded surface in mating engagement with the outwardly-facing threaded surface of the inner bushing and first and second nut bearing surfaces radially overlapping the first and second bushing bearing surfaces of the outer bushing, whereby rotation of the nut in first and second rotational directions relative to the inner bushing moves the outer bushing in first and second axially directions to operatively tighten or untighten, respectively, the inner bushing around the shaft.

A mount includes a mount base and a mount head coupled to the mount base. The mount base supports the mount head relative to another stationary or movable structure. A handheld electronic device couples to the mount head to be supported relative to the structure at the selection of a user.

A post coupler expands laterally. The post coupler includes a first member that is hollow and has a first slanted face. A second member is also hollow and has a second slanted face that is abutted with the first slanted face. A rod extends through the first and second members; the rod has a head that is disposed at a head end and threads disposed at a thread end. A nut is engaged with the threads, and rotating the nut causes the first member to extend in a first lateral direction and causes the second cylindrical member to extend in a second lateral direction opposite the first radial direction.

A post coupler expands laterally. The post coupler includes a first member that is hollow and has a first slanted face. A second member is also hollow and has a second slanted face that is abutted with the first slanted face. A rod extends through the first and second members; the rod has a head that is disposed at a head end and threads disposed at a thread end. A nut is engaged with the threads, and rotating the nut causes the first member to extend in a first lateral direction and causes the second cylindrical member to extend in a second lateral direction opposite the first lateral direction.