Patent ID: 8944924
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: B63B,B63H,D07B,F16C

Abstract:
1. A cable adapted to transmit torque in rigging or furling a sail, said cable comprising: a core having at least one termination end and a bight; and at least one layer of fiber wound around said core; wherein a fiber in a portion of said fiber layer disposed over a center portion of said bight has a first pitch angle relative to a longitudinal axis of said core; wherein a fiber in a portion of said fiber layer disposed over said at least one termination end has a second pitch angle relative to said longitudinal axis of said core; wherein said fiber layer comprises a transition zone disposed between said at least one termination end and said center portion of said bight, wherein fiber in said transition zone has an orientation that transitions from said first pitch angle to said second pitch angle; wherein said core comprises a groove at said termination end, said groove securing said fiber layer to said core such that said fiber in said portion of said fiber layer disposed over said termination end is secured at the second pitch angle; wherein said core has a first diameter along said bight and a second diameter at said termination end proximate to said groove, said second diameter being greater than said first diameter; and wherein at least said fiber layer disposed within said groove is impregnated with resin.