US 11,709,043 B1
Resilient mount gage tools
Sherwood Polter, Blue Bell, PA (US)
Assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US)
Filed by The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/646,382.
Int. Cl. G01B 3/00 (2006.01); G01B 5/24 (2006.01); G01B 5/00 (2006.01); G01B 5/14 (2006.01); G01B 5/25 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC G01B 3/002 (2013.01) [G01B 5/003 (2013.01); G01B 5/0025 (2013.01); G01B 5/14 (2013.01); G01B 5/24 (2013.01); G01B 5/25 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gage tool for measuring an alignment and a snubber gap height of a resilient mount having a foundation with a pair of convex curved obtuse X-axis corners and a pair of convex curved acute Y-axis corners, two snubbers, and two load washers, the gage tool comprising:
a stem with a top and a bottom;
a concave X-axis port situated at the bottom of the stem, having an X-axis flange coextensive with the X-axis port's upper surface, the X-axis port snugly fitting the X-axis corners of the foundation;
a concave Y-axis port situated at the bottom of the stem, having a Y-axis flange coextensive with the Y-axis port's upper surface, the Y-axis port snugly fitting the Y-axis corners of the foundation;
a go/no-go line for measuring the sufficiency of the snubber gap height; and
a ruler slot extending through the stem for accepting a ruler;
wherein, upon positioning the gage tool on a plurality of the curved convex corners of the resilient mount, a plurality of measurements of the distance from the stem to the load washer are taken to determine whether the resilient mount is aligned within an alignment specification, and the snubber gap height is measured with respect to the go/no-go line to determine whether the snubber gap height is within a snubber gap specification.