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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331254 | Method and apparatus for tensioning an emergency brake system on a vehicle An apparatus and associated method for use in tensioning a park brake cable system includes a body including a housing and an input shaft, the input shaft positioned at least partially within the housing, the housing and the input shaft being axially movable relativ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7273207 | Bi-directional winch A winch includes a first cable reel and a second cable reel. A driveshaft rotates the first cable reel and the second cable reel. The driveshaft is moveable along an axis of rotation between a first position and a second position. The driveshaft operationally engage... | 09/25/2007 |
| 6755239 | Centrifugal casting of titanium alloys with improved surface quality, structural integrity and mechanical properties in isotropic graphite molds under vacuum Methods for making various titanium base alloys and titanium aluminides into engineering components such as rings, tubes and pipes by melting of the alloys in a vacuum or under a low partial pressure of inert gas and subsequent centrifugal casting of the melt in the... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6435795 | Cargo load retractable receiver A tubular post is erected from a retracted position in the deck of a load receiving ship to accommodate load transfer operation. A highline connection established by an automated rigging technique substantially reduces manpower requirements, with all rece... | 08/20/2002 |
| 4750430 | Control for transfer system having inhaul and outhaul winches An automatic control system for operating the inhaul and overhaul winches of a high line transfer system automatically changes the velocity of a trolley between set landing and set transfer velocities and between set landing and set terminal velocities at... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4739721 | Boat for vertical and horizontal transfer This invention relates to a boat designed as a self-hoisting unit for the vertical and horizontal transfer of persons and/or equipment from a ship to an offshore platform and vice versa. The boat carries a hollow mast forming a guide for a cable, the uppe... | 04/26/1988 |
| 4630542 | Nacelle The nacelle (3) is characterized in that it includes at least one cable (6) having a top end that leaves the nacelle upwardly and a bottom end that leaves the nacelle downwardly, and a mechanism (11) enabling the nacelle to move up and down the cable when... | 12/23/1986 |
| 4348960 | Aerial cableway between a sea vessel and a fixed installation An aerial cableway for transferring personnel/goods between a vessel and a fixed installation at sea, consisting of a support cable stretched between the vessel and the fixed installation. A winch provided with a slippage device maintains constant tension... | 09/14/1982 |
