Winch
AssigneeFeraDyne Outdoors, LLC
InventorBenjamin D. Blosser
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Abstract
A non-limiting exemplary embodiment of a winch includes a bearing housing, a one way bearing having an outer ring attached to the bearing housing, a bearing hub having a cylindrical section attached to an inner ring of the one way bearing, a friction disk having a first surface adjacent a disc of the bearing hub, a crank spool having a first disk adjacent a second surface of the friction disk, a crank housing configured for rotatably retaining the crank spool, a crank shaft extending through the bearing hub, through the friction disk, and into the crank spool, wherein a first end of the crank shaft is coupled to the crank spool, and a crank mechanism coupled to a second end of the crank shaft.
Claims29
A winch, comprising:
- a bearing housing;
- a one way bearing disposed within the bearing housing, the one way bearing comprising:
- an inner ring;
- and
- an outer ring attached to the bearing housing;
- a bearing hub comprising:
- a cylindrical section, wherein at least a portion of the cylindrical section is disposed within and attached to the inner ring of the one way bearing;
- and
- a disk;
- a friction disk comprising opposing first and second surfaces, wherein the first surface is adjacent the disk of the bearing hub;
- a crank spool comprising opposing first and second disks, wherein the first disk is adjacent the second surface of the friction disk;
- a crank housing configured for rotatably retaining the crank spool;
- a crank shaft extending through the bearing hub, through the friction disk, and into the crank spool, wherein a first end of the crank shaft is coupled to the crank spool;
- a crank mechanism coupled to a second end of the crank shaft;
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- a knob secured to the crank spool configured to prevent the crank spool from rotating to decouple the crank mechanism from the crank shaft.
A winch, comprising:
- a bearing housing;
- a one way bearing disposed within the bearing housing, the one way bearing comprising:
- an inner ring;
- and
- an outer ring coupled to the bearing housing;
- a bearing hub comprising:
- a cylindrical section, wherein at least a portion of the cylindrical section is disposed within and coupled to the inner ring of the one way bearing;
- and
- a disk;
- a crank spool comprising opposing first and second disks, wherein the first disk is adjacent the disk of the bearing hub;
- a crank housing configured for rotatably retaining the crank spool;
- a crank shaft extending through the bearing hub and into the crank spool, wherein a first end of the crank shaft is coupled to the crank spool;
- a crank handle coupled to a second end of the crank shaft;
- and
- a knob secured to the crank spool configured to prevent the crank spool from rotating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.