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US 10,125,459 B2Granted
Telescopic access bridge, unit provided therewith, and method there for
AssigneeU-Sea Beheer B.V.
InventorHendrik Hessels
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Abstract
A telescopic access bridge includes a unit provided therewith, and a method therefor. The telescopic access bridge comprises a base unit, an elevating unit having a first end with a first hinged connection to the base unit and a second end, and a bridge comprising a main bridge part and a telescopic bridge part. The bridge has one end with a second hinged connection to the second end of the elevating unit.
Claims15
A telescopic access bridge, comprising:
- a base unit;
- an elevating unit having a first end with a first hinged connection to the base unit and a second end;
- a bridge comprising a main bridge part and a telescopic bridge part, the bridge having one end with a second hinged connection to the second end of the elevating unit, and
- a compensating controller configured for providing an active and/or a passive compensation to the telescopic access bridge, wherein in the active compensation, the compensating controller is position controlled, and in the passive compensation, the compensating controller is force controlled;
- wherein the second hinged connection is configured to enable a side-by-side orientation or top-down orientation of the elevating unit and the bridge in a storage position of the telescopic access bridge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.