Winch

Abstract

A winch includes a first electrically conductive cable for transferring electrical power and/or electrical data signals where the first electrically conductive cable is in the form of a spiral, a fixation unit coupled to a first portion of the first electrically conductive cable and configured to fix in place the first portion of the first electrically conductive cable, and a first support member coupled to a second portion of the first electrically conductive cable where the first portion and the second portion are different from each other, where the first support member is coupleable to a winch drum and is rotatable, together with the second portion of the first electrically conductive cable, with the winch drum in a rotational direction around an axis of rotation of the winch drum while the first portion of the first electrically conductive cable is fixed in place during the rotation of the winch drum.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.