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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2018
Prinoth S.p.a., Vipiteno, IT;
Alberto Paoletti, Vipiteno, IT;
PRINOTH S.P.A., Vipiteno, IT;
Abstract
A winch assembly comprising a support structure, a drum revolving about an axis; a cable wound around the drum; an actuator assembly coupled to the drum to wind or unwind the cable and configured to receive a first control signal, indicative of a desired pressure of a pump of the actuator assembly, and/or a second control signal, indicative of a desired displacement of the pump; and a winch control device coupled to the actuator assembly to control the winding and unwinding of the cable and configured to determine the first control signal and/or the second control signal according to a measured speed of travel signal indicating the measured speed of travel of the tracked vehicle, a measured pulling force signal indicating the pulling force measured on the winch assembly, and one or more signals selected from the following group of signals: cable speed signal, wound cable length signal, desired pulling force signal set manually by an operator, signal from the measured angle of the arm of the winch assembly with respect to a direction of travel, and measured pressure signal indicative of a pressure measured in a high pressure branch of the hydraulic circuit of the actuator assembly.