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US 12,767,035 B2Granted
Winding assembly with mesh drive linkage
AssigneeLoadhog Limited
InventorsAllan McCabe, Martin Baker
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Abstract
Embodiments relate to a winding assembly (16) comprising: a tensioner (37) to which a tensioning line (10) is engageable; an interface (19, 19B) configured to receive actuation force; and a drive linkage (18, 18A, 18B, 42, 42A, 42B) coupling actuation of the interface (19, 19B) to motion of the tensioner.
Claims17
A winding assembly comprising:
- a tensioner to which a tensioning line is engageable;
- an interface configured to receive actuation force;
- a drive linkage coupling the actuation of the interface to motion of the tensioner, wherein the drive linkage is a mesh drive linkage,
- wherein the mesh drive linkage comprises a lever-actuatable driver, wherein the tensioner comprises a tensioner drive input directly or indirectly coupled to the lever-actuatable driver via meshing, and actuated by the lever-actuatable driver,
- wherein at least one of the lever-actuatable driver or the tensioner drive input is a sprocket or a gear,
- wherein the lever-actuatable driver is a first gear and the tensioner drive input is a second gear, wherein at least one of the first or the second gear is movable out of meshing with the other to release the tensioner;
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- a tactile user control connected to a mechanism to cause the de-meshing between the first gear and the second gear.
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A winding assembly comprising:
- a tensioner to which a tensioning line is engageable;
- an interface configured to receive actuation force, wherein the interface comprises a lever, wherein the lever has a stroke length associated therewith, wherein actuation of the lever by a single stroke length in a tensioning direction actuates the tensioner from a home position of the tensioner to a tensioning position of the tensioner in which the tensioning line is tensioned, wherein an angular distance from the home position of the tensioner to the tensioning position of the tensioner is a greater angle than an angular distance of the single stroke length of the lever, wherein the angular distance from the home position of the tensioner to the tensioning position of the tensioner corresponding to the single stroke length of the lever is a reflex angle;
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- a drive linkage coupling actuation of the interface to motion of the tensioner, wherein the drive linkage is a winding mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.