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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2019
Honeywell International Inc., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Denis Mizin, Brno, CZ;
Vaclav Hruza, Brno-{hacek over (Z)}abov{hacek over (r)}esky, CZ;
Radim Svoboda, Bojkovice, CZ;
Pavel Marak, Brno, CZ;
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Morris Plains, NJ (US);
Abstract
A protection device for traversing a guide member and method of making the like, the protection device includes a wheel configured to engage the guide member. In some embodiments, the protection embodiment includes a locker configured to engage a braking surface. The locker engagement mechanism configured to releasably engage the locker. In some embodiments, a centrifugal actuator operatively coupled to the wheel and configured to actuate the locker engagement mechanism to release the locker based on a threshold speed of the wheel. In an instance in which the wheel is rotating at or above the threshold speed of the wheel in a first direction, the centrifugal actuator is configured to actuate and rotate the locker engagement mechanism to release the locker and to allow the locker to rotate and engage the braking surface. A corresponding method of operation is also provided.