Winch bar and related winch system
AssigneeAncra International LLC
InventorJoaquim C. da Rosa
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Abstract
A winch system may include a winch bar and a winch. The winch may have a base, a spool that is rotatable relative to the base, and a drive hub fixed to the spool such that when the drive hub rotates, the spool also rotates. The winch bar may include a winch engagement portion at an end of a shaft, where the winch engagement portion includes a protrusion configured to engage a socket of the drive hub, where the winch engagement portion includes a first contact surface for contacting an outer surface of the drive hub, where the winch engagement portion includes a second contact surface for contacting the outer surface of the drive hub, and where the first contact surface is substantially parallel to the second contact surface.
Claims20
A winch system, comprising:
- a winch, the winch including a base, a spool that is rotatable relative to the base, and a drive hub fixed to the spool such that when the drive hub rotates, the spool also rotates;
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- a winch bar, the winch bar including a winch engagement portion at an end of a shaft,
- wherein the winch engagement portion includes a protrusion configured for receipt within a socket of the drive hub,
- wherein the winch engagement portion includes a first contact surface for contacting an outer surface of the drive hub,
- wherein the winch engagement portion includes a second contact surface for contacting the outer surface of the drive hub, and
- wherein the first contact surface is substantially parallel to the second contact surface.
A winch bar, comprising:
- a shaft and a winch engagement portion at an end of the shaft,
- wherein the winch engagement portion includes a protrusion configured to engage a socket of a winch,
- wherein the winch engagement portion includes a first rail having a first contact surface configured for abutting a drive hub of the winch,
- wherein the winch engagement portion includes a second rail having a second contact surface configured for abutting the drive hub of the winch, and
- wherein the first rail is separated from the second rail such that a gap is located between the first rail and the second rail.
A winch bar, comprising
- a shaft and a winch engagement portion at an end of the shaft,
- wherein the winch engagement portion includes a protrusion configured to engage a socket a winch, and
- wherein the protrusion includes a chamfer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.