Lanyard safety device
AssigneeAB Volvo Penta
InventorsJulius JERNLÅS, Henning EGGERTZ, Peter SILJEHOV
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Abstract
A lanyard safety device for a marine helm station, has a base part with a socket, the socket having a first end, a second end and a housing extending between the first end and the second end, a first magnet being arranged at the second end, a plug part configured to be attached to the socket of the base part, the plug part comprising a projection protruding from a plug head, a second magnet arranged within the projection. The plug part is releasable maintained in the base part by a magnetic fastening between the first magnet and the second magnet, wherein the magnetic fastening doubles as a proximity sensor.
Claims20
A lanyard safety device for a marine helm station, comprising
- a base part comprising
- a socket, the socket having a first end, a second end and a housing extending between the first end and the second end,
- a first magnet being arranged at the second end,
- a plug part configured to be attached to the socket of the base part, the plug part comprising
- a projection protruding from a plug head,
- a second magnet arranged within the projection,
- wherein the plug part is releasable maintained in the base part by a magnetic fastening between the first magnet and the second magnet,
- wherein the magnetic fastening doubles as a proximity sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.