US 12,466,704 B2
Homing load detecting device for rescue hoist and winch assemblies
Sanith Kurumpilavu Subramanian, Bangalore (IN); Nagesh Sadashivaiah, Bangalore (IN); Robert A. Blaser, Phoenix, AZ (US); and Arthur A. Martinez, Chino Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to HORNET ACQUISITIONCO, LLC, Vancouver, WA (US)
Filed by Hornet AcquisitionCo, LLC, Vancouver, WA (US)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/119,524.
Claims priority of application No. 202211065152 (IN), filed on Nov. 14, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0158211 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. B66D 3/00 (2006.01); B64D 1/22 (2006.01); B66D 3/20 (2006.01); B66D 3/26 (2006.01)
CPC B66D 3/26 (2013.01) [B64D 1/22 (2013.01); B66D 3/20 (2013.01); B66D 2700/025 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fixture comprising:
a surface;
a cylindrical wall extending from the surface; wherein the cylindrical wall is configured to receive at least a portion of a bell mouth of a rescue hoist;
a body portion extending from the surface and disposed within the cylindrical wall; and
a sensor configured to detect a force and generate a signal indicative of the force;
wherein the surface and the body portion define a through hole, the through hole concentric to an axis of the cylindrical wall;
wherein a cable of the rescue hoist is configured to extend through the through hole when the fixture is coupled to the bell mouth;
wherein the body portion abuts the bell mouth when the fixture is coupled to the bell mouth;
wherein the surface and the body portion define a first slotted through hole, a second slotted through hole, and a third slotted through hole;
wherein the first slotted through hole, the second slotted through hole, and the third slotted through hole each extend radially outward from the axis of the cylindrical wall;
wherein the first slotted through hole, the second slotted through hole, and the third slotted through hole are arranged at a one-hundred-and-twenty degree angle relative to each other; and
wherein the surface, the cylindrical wall, and the body portion define a rectangular slot from an outer diameter of the cylindrical wall up to the second slotted through hole.