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US 10,766,574 B2Granted
Automatic-opening fairlead and towing device comprising the fairlead
AssigneeThales
InventorsFrançois Cadalen, Olivier Cosson, Pierre Hofmann
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AssigneeThales
InventorsFrançois Cadalen, Olivier Cosson, Pierre Hofmann
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A fairlead that is intended to equip a towing device that can be installed on the deck of a ship and includes a winch, a cable passing through the fairlead under the action of the winch, the fairlead comprising: an open-section channel extending in a main direction for guiding the cable, a movable bolt closing a section of the channel, a force sensor that is situated in front of the bolt in one sense of the main direction and is configured to detect an external force, and a trigger configured to open the bolt when a force exerted on the sensor and oriented along the main axis in the sense exceeds a predetermined force, and to close the bolt when this force ceases.
A fairlead that is configured for a towing device installed on a deck of a ship, the towing device comprising a winch, and a cable passing through the fairlead under an action of the winch, the fairlead comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.