US 11,857,886 B2
Method of bogie replacement for turntable station
David Andrew Gribbin, Jr., Clermont, FL (US); Michael David Russell, Jr., Orlando, FL (US); Harrison Raleigh Smith, Orlando, FL (US); and Daniel Roman Swando, Kissimmee, FL (US)
Assigned to UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLC, Universal City, CA (US)
Filed by UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLC, Universal City, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/362,769.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/047,149, filed on Jul. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0001286 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. B23P 6/00 (2006.01); A63G 31/02 (2006.01); B61B 1/02 (2006.01); B23P 19/04 (2006.01); A63G 4/00 (2006.01); B61B 1/00 (2006.01); B23P 19/00 (2006.01); B65G 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63G 4/00 (2013.01) [A63G 31/02 (2013.01); B23P 6/00 (2013.01); B23P 19/04 (2013.01); B61B 1/00 (2013.01); B61B 1/02 (2013.01); B23P 19/00 (2013.01); B65G 29/00 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4973 (2015.01); Y10T 29/53404 (2015.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for replacing a drive assembly of a turntable load station, the system comprising:
a structural pier;
a track formed on a top surface of the structural pier;
a movable turntable structure;
a first bogie assembly detachably coupled to an underside of the movable turntable structure, the first bogie assembly comprising a first wheeled drive assembly configured to drive a wheel to roll on the track;
a swap rail mounted to a radial side surface of the structural pier; and
a first translating cartridge movably mounted to the swap rail in a serviceable orientation, the first translating cartridge configured to pivot from the serviceable orientation to an upright functional orientation to couple with the first wheeled drive assembly and decouple the first wheeled drive assembly coupled to the first translating cartridge from the first bogie assembly or decouple the first bogie assembly comprising the first wheeled drive assembly coupled to the first translating cartridge from the movable turntable structure.