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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Thales, Courbevoie, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
THALES, Courbevoie, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 21/04 (2006.01); B63B 21/56 (2006.01); B63B 21/10 (2006.01); B63B 21/16 (2006.01); B63B 21/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 21/10 (2013.01); B63B 21/16 (2013.01); B63B 21/663 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fairlead that is intended to equip a towing device that can be installed on the deck of a ship and includes a winch, a cable passing through the fairlead under the action of the winch, the fairlead comprising: an open-section channel extending in a main direction for guiding the cable, a movable bolt closing a section of the channel, a force sensor that is situated in front of the bolt in one sense of the main direction and is configured to detect an external force, and a trigger configured to open the bolt when a force exerted on the sensor and oriented along the main axis in the sense exceeds a predetermined force, and to close the bolt when this force ceases.