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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2016
Par Systems, Inc., Shoreview, MN (US);
Michael Gerard, Iron Mountain, MI (US);
PAR SYSTEMS, INC., Shoreview, MN (US);
Abstract
A deployment and recovery assembly for use on a vessel that includes a tiltable ramp section mountable to a vessel to tilt into and out of the water. The ramp section is configured to support the craft. A capture and release assembly that includes a rotatable tire and wheel assembly is mounted to the ramp section to tilt therewith and is disposed on the ramp section so as to engage a hull of the craft. The capture and release assembly further includes a one-way clutch assembly coupled to the tire and wheel assembly allowing free rotation of the tire and wheel assembly in a first direction and retarding or inhibiting rotation in a second direction opposite the first direction.