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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2018
Applicant:
Warn Industries, Inc., Clackamas, OR (US);
Inventors:
Bryan Averill, Portland, OR (US);
Darren Fretz, Oregon City, OR (US);
Kevin Talmadge, Portland, OR (US);
Ian Wendler, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
WARN INDUSTRIES, INC., Clackamas, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66D 1/48 (2006.01); B66D 1/12 (2006.01); B66D 1/00 (2006.01); H02P 29/032 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66D 1/485 (2013.01); B66D 1/00 (2013.01); B66D 1/12 (2013.01); H02P 29/032 (2016.02);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting operation of a motor of a winch. In one example, a system for a winch includes a controller adapted to adjust operation of a motor of the winch based on one or more of and/or each of a winch load limit, a motor temperature, a distance of a hook coupled to an end of a rope of the winch to a winch fairlead, and an amount of rope wound onto a drum of the winch.