US 12,422,239 B1
Multi-pivot axle drivetrain alignment fixture
Onome Scott-Emuakpor, Beavercreek, OH (US); Bryan Langley, Springfield, OH (US); and Tommy George, Germantown, OH (US)
Assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US)
Filed by Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US)
Filed on May 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/141,482.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/339,543, filed on May 9, 2022.
Int. Cl. G01B 5/25 (2006.01); G01B 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01B 5/0025 (2013.01) [G01B 5/25 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An alignment test fixture for a multi-pivot shaft comprising:
a first flexure plate and a second flexure plate spaced apart from one another;
a plurality of flexure arms extending outward from a central region of each of the first and second flexure plates;
a central through aperture formed in the central region of the first and second flexure plates;
an axial direction defined by an imaginary line extending vertically through a center of the central through apertures;
a lateral direction defined by any imaginary line extending orthogonally from the axial direction;
a plurality of spacers positioned between the first and second flexure plates; and
a plurality of legs connected to the arms of the first and second flexure plates.