Cable tensioning systems

US11691844B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• General Electric Company · US
• Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited · GB

Inventors

• Mark John Zajkowski · Austerlitz, US
• Huseyin Kandir · Schenectady, US
• Todd William Danko · Niskayuna, US
• Don Mark Lipkin · Niskayuna, US
• Wayne Ray Grady · Hamilton, US
• Andrew Crispin Graham · Badminton, GB
• Trevor Owen Hawke · Bristol, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 14, 2021
• Grant date: Jul 4, 2023
• Expiry date: Feb 25, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65H2701/34
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A cable tensioning system including: a body defining a balance point; a cable receiving area having gripping elements configured to grip and bias a cable relative to the cable tensioning system; and a sensor configured to sense changes to a balance of the body about the balance point, wherein the cable tensioning system is configured to maintain the cable within a preset range of tensions.