Weight Patents (Class 242/390.4)
  • Patent number: 9764783
    Abstract: A unit for picking up a spare wheel. According to one implementation the unit includes a drum which rotates for winding or unwinding a cable, the drum having a body with a side surface wherein which is formed a helical groove that receives the cable, one end of the cable being attached to a terminal, the terminal being pivotal with respect to the body of the drum. The pivotal movement of the terminal being blocked by at least one turn of the cable when the cable is at least partially wound on the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: BATZ, S.COOP.
    Inventors: Pedro Corral Rodriguez, José Miguel Macho San Sebastian