Patent SG-11201907665Q-A (SG)
Title: Intelligent rope or cable termination
Inventor: CAMPBELL RICHARD
IPC: D07B5/00
Filed: 2017-09-22
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 07 September 2018 (07.09.2018) WIPO I PCT Iiiimmounnotiolomomiooliolommilowom (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/160220 Al (51) International Patent Classification: D07B 5/00 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2017/052847 (22) International Filing Date: 22 September 2017 (22.09.2017) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 15/445,306 28 February 2017 (28.02.2017) US (72) Inventor; and (71) Applicant: CAMPBELL, Richard, V. [US/US]; 25 Gar- rett Drive, Havana, FL 32333 (US). (72) Inventor: BULL, Samuel; 25 Garrett Drive, Havana, FL 32333 (US). (74) Agent: HORTON, J., Wiley; 215 South Monroe Street, Suite 200, Tallahasse, FL 32301 (US). = (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Declarations under Rule 4.17: as to applicant's entitlement to apply for and be granted a patent (Rule 4.17(ii)) Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) W O 20 18/ 160 220 Al (54) Title: INTELLIGENT ROPE OR CABLE TERMINATION (57) : A cable termination including, an integral instrument r\"i package providing intelligence. The instrument package may assume many forms and may serve many purposes. In a preferred embodiment, the termination includes a position-determining system and an on-board processor.. The processor determines a current location in space for the termination based on the information it is receiving. This positional in- 132 formation may then be transmitted to an external receiver. In the sce- nario where the termination is attached to a payload, the positional infor- -192 mation may be used by an external positioning device (such as a crane) 1W, to control the motion of the termination and thereby place the payload in a desired position. The termination also preferably includes load-mon- - 186 itoring and recording features. The termination may also carry one or more ROV's/AUV's. 162 7 -196 4 FIG. 17