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US 12,459,789 B2Granted
Coupling for suspended load control apparatus, system, and method
AssigneeVita Inclinata IP Holdings LLC
InventorsDerek Sikora, Logan Goodrich
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Abstract
Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, and methods for a suspended load control system which controls tension on a winch control line in order to decrease latency between movement or rotation of the load control system and the load and reduce a reaction time between movement or rotation of the load control system and the load.
Claims20
A suspended load control system to control a winch tension on a load suspended by a main load bearing line from a carrier, comprising:
- a winch, a winch control line to be secured to the load and the winch, a thruster, a sensor suite, and a computer processor and a memory;
- wherein the suspended load control system, including at least the winch and the thruster, is to be suspended below the carrier on the main load bearing line;
- wherein the memory comprises a control module which, when executed by the computer processor, is to determine the winch tension on the winch from the winch control line based on a sensor data from the sensor suite and is to control the winch tension from the winch control line to decrease latency between movement or rotation of the load control system and the load and reduce a reaction time between movement or rotation of the load control system and the load, wherein the winch control line spans between the winch and the load, the load is to be secured to the carrier by the main load bearing line, wherein the main load bearing line is to transfer a main lifting force between the carrier and the load, wherein the winch control line is not to transfer the main lifting force between the carrier and the load, wherein the winch tension from the winch control line is to couple movement or orientation of the load and movement or orientation of the load control system;
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- wherein the control module is to control the thruster to move or rotate the load control system and the load.
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A computer implemented method to control a winch tension on a load suspended by a main load bearing line from a carrier, comprising:
- with a suspended load control system, wherein the suspended load control system comprises a winch, a winch control line to be secured to the load and the winch, a thruster, and a sensor suite and wherein the suspended load control system is be suspended below the carrier on the main load bearing line,
- obtaining a sensor data from the sensor suite regarding the winch tension;
- determining the winch tension based on the sensor data from the sensor suite, wherein the winch is to secure the load to the suspended load control system with the winch control line;
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- controlling the winch tension in order to decrease latency between movement or rotation of the load control system and the load and reduce a reaction time between movement or rotation of the load control system and the load;
- controlling the thruster to move or rotate the load control system and the load;
- wherein the winch control line spans between the winch and the load, the load is to be secured to the carrier by the main load bearing line wherein the main load bearing line is to transfer a main lifting force between the carrier and the load, wherein the winch control line is not to transfer the main lifting force between the carrier and the load, wherein the winch tension from the winch control line is to couple movement or orientation of the load and movement or orientation of the suspended load control system.
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An apparatus to control a winch tension on a load suspended by a main load bearing line from a carrier, comprising:
- a suspended load control system, wherein the suspended load control system comprises a winch, a winch control line to be secured to the load and the winch, a thruster, and a sensor suite and wherein the suspended load control system is to be ed below the carrier on the main load bearing line;
- means to obtain a sensor data from the sensor suite regarding the winch tension;
- means to determine the winch tension based on the sensor data from the sensor suite, wherein the winch is to secure the load to the suspended load control system with the winch control line;
- means to control the winch tension in order to decrease latency between movement or rotation of the load control system and the load and reduce a reaction time between movement or rotation of the load control system and the load;
- means to control the thruster to move or rotate the load control system and the load;
- wherein the winch control line spans between the winch and the load, the load is to be secured to the carrier by the main load bearing line wherein the main load bearing line is to transfer a main lifting force between the carrier and the load, wherein the winch control line is not to transfer the main lifting force between the carrier and the load, wherein the winch tension from the winch control line is to couple movement or orientation of the load and movement or orientation of the suspended load control system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.