Abstract: A hoist support system includes a rail assembly having a rail along which a motor assembly is translatable by actuation of a motor of the motor assembly. The motor assembly is adapted to support a hoist and is communicatively coupled to a control system. The control system is adapted to measure motion of a slung load coupled to the hoist and to determine whether and to what extent the slung load is swinging or otherwise unstable. In response to such measurements, the control system transmits control signals to the motor of the motor assembly to change the position of the motor assembly along the rail and attenuate the motion of the slung load.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 29, 2018
Date of Patent:
November 24, 2020
Assignee:
Summation Labs, LLC
Inventors:
Christopher Branden Kale, James Cornelius Maroney, Adam Joseph Sanchez
Abstract: A hoist support system includes a rail assembly having a rail along which a motor assembly is translatable by actuation of a motor of the motor assembly. The motor assembly is adapted to support a hoist and is communicatively coupled to a control system. The control system is adapted to measure motion of a slung load coupled to the hoist and to determine whether and to what extent the slung load is swinging or otherwise unstable. In response to such measurements, the control system transmits control signals to the motor of the motor assembly to change the position of the motor assembly along the rail and attenuate the motion of the slung load.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 29, 2018
Publication date:
October 4, 2018
Applicant:
Summation Labs, LLC
Inventors:
Christopher Branden Kale, James Cornelius Maroney, Adam Joseph Sanchez