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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2017
Ampelmann Holding B.v., Delft, NL;
Michael Hubert Schinkel, Utrecht, NL;
Edouard Frans Alexander Schinkel, Utrecht, NL;
AMPELMANN HOLDING B.V., Delft, NL;
Abstract
A method and device to balance a tiltable arm comprising a free extremity and having a pivot point on a mounting structure which is supported by a floating object, by providing the arm with suspension and/or support means for controlling the arm's inclination with respect to the horizon, and by providing said suspension and/or support means with at least one spring, wherein the spring connects to the arm and to said mounting structure, and embodying the spring as a passive spring which is arranged to balance the arm so as to stabilize a position of a free extremity of the arm during movements of the floating object.