Device for reducing the likelihood of damage to a trailing cable

US8989929B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Joy MM Delaware, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Terry M. Thomas · Chambersburg, US
• Douglas Anderson · Nevada, US
• Darin M. Sutton · Guys Mills, US
• David Kevin Herdle · Chambersburg, US
• Phillip E. Smith · Renton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 22, 2010
• Grant date: Mar 24, 2015
• Expiry date: Oct 2, 2031

Classification

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

Abstract

A device for reducing damage to an electric vehicle powered by a trailing cable, the device including an electric sensor for determining the mobile equipment's position relative to a hazard, and an electric controller responsive to the electrical means for operating a motor to change the operation of the electric vehicle to reduce the likelihood of adverse effects to the trailing cable if the electric vehicle's position is near the hazard.