Patent ID: 11958400
Assignee: TOLLEY TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. A tensioning system, comprising:
a strap apparatus; and
a load transmission device coupled to the strap apparatus and including:
an enclosure having a base portion;
first and second stops affixed to the base portion;
a first shaft extending through the base portion and through the first stop;
a second shaft extending through the base portion and through the second stop;
a plate positioned within the enclosure and coupled to the first and second shafts, the plate arranged to translate unidirectionally via translation of the first and second shafts through the base portion and through the first and second stops;
a unitary switch having an on state and an off state;
a spring arranged to apply a spring force biasing the plate towards the unitary switch;
wherein, when a tension force in the strap apparatus is less than a first threshold tension force, the spring force forces the plate to translate via the first and second shafts to retain the unitary switch in an on state; and
when the tension force in the strap apparatus is greater than a second threshold tension force, the tension force forces the plate away from the unitary switch such that the unitary switch is retained in an off state for all tension forces greater than the second threshold tension force.