Snowgroomer including a winch assembly to aid handling of the snowgroomer on steep slopes, and method of operating the winch assembly

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8839533
APP PUB NO 20120030974A1
SERIAL NO

13201256

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A snow groomer, equipped with a winch assembly to aid handling of the snow groomer on steep slopes, has a frame; a user interface; a control unit; and the winch assembly, which has a support structure fixed or connected to the frame, a drum that rotates with respect to the support structure about an axis, a cable fixed or connected at one end to the drum and wound about the drum, an actuator assembly for rotating the drum about the axis, and a sensor for determining the position of the drum about the axis; the control unit being configured to control the cable as a function of the position of the drum and the geometry of the drum.

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PRINOTH S P A39049 VIPITENO (BZ)

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Runggaldier, Martin St. Christina, IT 12 97

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