Patent ID: 11958727
Assignee: WARN INDUSTRIES, INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A snatch ring pulley assembly comprising:
a pulley wheel body having a first outer wheel portion, a second outer wheel portion parallel to the first outer wheel portion, and a rope saddle portion defined between the first outer wheel portion and the second outer wheel portion, and defining a center aperture extending through the first outer wheel portion and the second outer wheel portion; and
a first deformable retention feature affixed to the first outer wheel portion of the pulley wheel body, wherein the first deformable retention feature extends toward the second outer wheel portion, uniformly around and adjacent to an outer circumference of the first outer wheel portion, and between and perpendicular to both the first outer wheel portion and the second outer wheel portion, wherein the first deformable retention feature comprises a plurality of resilient fingers spaced apart from each other,
wherein the rope saddle portion does not include any deformable retention features.