Implement mounting assembly and method for managing a cable used for mounting the same to a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12442156-B2
Application number	US-202117374181-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 13, 2021
Priority date	Dec 13, 2016
Publication date	Oct 14, 2025
Grant date	Oct 14, 2025

Abstract

The present technology generally relates to an auto-release cable management assembly for operating a work implement mountable to an implement mounting assembly of a vehicle, the auto-release cable management assembly comprising: a mounting structure connectable to the implement mounting assembly; the mounting structure forming a first underside guide surface for guiding a retractable cable operatively connectable to the vehicle; a hook connected to the mounting structure and suitable for retaining the retractable cable; a gate structured and positioned with respect to the hook to be movable between an open position in which the hook is accessible to the retractable cable, and a closed position in which the hook is inaccessible to the retractable cable; and a guide forming a second underside guide surface for guiding the retractable cable towards the hook and the gate.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An auto-release cable management assembly for operating a work implement mountable to an implement mounting assembly of a vehicle, the auto-release cable management assembly comprising:
a mounting structure connectable to the implement mounting assembly; the mounting structure forming a first underside guide surface for guiding a retractable cable operatively connectable to the vehicle;
a hook connected to the mounting structure and suitable for retaining the retractable cable;
a guide forming a second underside guide surface for guiding the retractable cable towards the hook and the gate; and
a gate structured and positioned with respect to the hook to be movable between an open position in which the hook is accessible to the retractable cable, and a closed position in which the hook is inaccessible to the retractable cable, the gate forming a third underside surface for pushing and sliding the retractable cable off the hook.

2. The auto-release cable management assembly of claim 1 , wherein the gate is pivotably mounted to the mounting structure.

3. The auto-release cable management assembly of claim 1 , wherein the gate is biased towards the closed position.

4. The auto-release cable management assembly of claim 3 , wherein the bias in the gate is provided by a resilient means.

5. The auto-release cable management assembly of claim 4 , wherein the gate is spring-loaded.

6. The auto-release cable management assembly of claim 1 , wherein the hook is located vertically higher than the first and second underside guide surfaces.

7. The auto-release cable management assembly of claim 6 , wherein the first underside guide surface is inclined to guide the retractable cable to the hook.

8. The auto-release cable management assembly of claim 6 , wherein the second underside guide surface is inclined to guide the retractable cable to the hook.

9. The auto-release cable management assembly of claim 1 , wherein the hook faces downwardly and defines an arc of about 160 degrees.

10. The auto-release cable management assembly of claim 1 , wherein the guide is resiliently movable when the retractable cable engages the second underside guide surface.

11. The auto-release cable management assembly of claim 1 , wherein the guide has a free end extending below the hook, and the free end is movable for abutting on the hook when the retractable cable engages the second underside guide surface.

12. The auto-release cable management assembly of claim 11 , wherein the free end of the guide is distanced from the hook when the retractable cable engages the hook or the first underside guide surface.

13. The auto-release cable management assembly of claim 1 , wherein the mounting structure has a free end and the hook is connected to the free end.

14. The auto-release cable management assembly of claim 13 , wherein the gate is pivotably connected to the free end of the mounting structure.

15. The auto-release cable management assembly of claim 1 , wherein the third underside guide surface is structured and arranged to be pushed away by the retractable cable when the retractable cable has a tension that is above a threshold tension and accesses the hook.

16. The auto-release cable management assembly of claim 1 , wherein the third underside guide surface is structured and arranged to slide and push the retractable cable out and away from the hook when the retractable cable has a tension that is below a threshold tension.

17. The auto-release cable management assembly of claim 1 , wherein the implement mounting assembly comprises:
a frame having a work implement support end and a vehicle attachment end, the frame defining a cable routing space;
an attachment point to which the retractable cable extending through the cable routing space is attachable, the attachment point being connectable at the work implement support end of the frame;
wherein the auto-release cable management assembly is disposable longitudinally between the attachment point and the vehicle attachment ends of the frame.

18. The auto-release cable management assembly of claim 17 , wherein the mounting structure extends upwardly from the frame.

Assignees

• Soucy Int Inc

Inventors

• Aubin-Marchand Jeremie
• Provencher Karen
• Roy Normand
• Bergeron Michael
• Roger yan

Classifications

• E02F3/76

  Graders, bulldozers, or the like with scraper plates or ploughshare-like elements (soil-working A01B); Levelling {scarifying} devices {(street cleaning E01H; construction of roads E01C19/00, E01C23/00)} · CPC title

• E01H5/061

  by scraper blades · CPC title

• E02F3/815

  Blades; Levelling {or scarifying} tools {(E02F3/40 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• E02F3/7622 Primary

  Scraper equipment with the scraper blade mounted on a frame to be hitched to the tractor by bars, arms, chains or the like, the frame having no ground supporting means of its own, e.g. drag scrapers · CPC title