Patents by Inventor Richard A. Juelich

Richard A. Juelich has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for winch upgrading
    Patent number: 6089547
    Abstract: A drum winch is replaced with a traction winch module. The traction winch module is mounted on and supported by the existing mooring winch frame of the drum winch. The traction winch module includes a traction frame, a front traction drum, and a rear traction drum. A portion of the drive system from the drum winch may be retained and used to drive the traction winch module. In one embodiment, the traction winch module is designed to mount between pillow blocks from the existing mooring winch frame. In addition, the power train and load-sensing systems from the existing drum winch may be used with the converted traction winch to drive the drive shaft and to provide the converted traction winch with tension information, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: AmClyde Engineered Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Juelich, Pierre C. Delago, John C. Lundell