US 10,328,842 B2 · Cargo securing apparatus

Abstract

A cargo securing apparatus and a method of maintaining a user configured tension in a cargo securing element are disclosed. The apparatus includes at least one sensor arranged to measure a first and second tension in a tensile element (used to secure the cargo) at different times and a processor in data communication with the sensor. The processor is configured to receive the tension measurements from the sensor and to distinguish between acute and sustained deviations in tension based on the tension measurements. Conditionally, the processor may compare the first and second tension measurements to a user configured tension setting and determine tension correction parameters required to maintain the tension in the tensile element within a range of the user configured setting. The apparatus may include one or more manual or automated adjustment drives to adjust the tension in the tensile element in accordance with the tension correction parameters.

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Dependent claims

A cargo securing apparatus comprising:

at least one sensor arranged to measure tension in at least one tensile element;
and
a processor in data communication with the at least one sensor configured to receive tension measurements from the at least one sensor,
wherein the at least one sensor is configured to measure a first tension and a second tension in the at least one tensile element at different times and,
wherein the processor is configured to distinguish between acute deviations in tension and sustained deviations in tension based on the first and second tension measurements, and to conditionally compare the first and second tension measurements from the at least one sensor to a user configured value associated with the at least one tensile element and to determine tension correction parameters required to maintain tension in the at least one tensile element within a range of the user configured value.

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A method of maintaining tension in at least one tensile element of a cargo securing apparatus, the method including the steps of:

receiving, at a processor, a first tension measurement and a second tension measurement of the tension in at least one tensile element measured by at least one sensor at different times;
distinguishing between acute deviations in tension and sustained deviations in tension, based on the first and second tension measurements received from the at least one sensor;
and
conditionally comparing, by the processor, the tension measurements received from the at least one sensor to a user configured value associated with the at least one tensile element and determining, by the processor, tension correction parameters required to maintain tension in the at least one tensile element within a range of the user configured value associated with the at least one tensile element.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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