A winch includes a first electrically conductive cable for transferring electrical power and/or electrical data signals where the first electrically conductive cable is in the form of a spiral, a fixation unit coupled to a first portion of the first electrically conductive cable and configured to fix in place the first portion of the first electrically conductive cable, and a first support member coupled to a second portion of the first electrically conductive cable where the first portion and the second portion are different from each other, where the first support member is coupleable to a winch drum and is rotatable, together with the second portion of the first electrically conductive cable, with the winch drum in a rotational direction around an axis of rotation of the winch drum while the first portion of the first electrically conductive cable is fixed in place during the rotation of the winch drum.

Disclosed is a system for manipulating an object and providing at least one utility winch. The system includes a motor and a driveshaft having an axis and being coupled to the motor. The system includes a first spool on the driveshaft being rotatable with the driveshaft by the motor and a first line for lifting an object, the first line attached to the first spool. The system also includes a second spool on the driveshaft being rotatable with the driveshaft by the motor, and a second line attached to the second spool, the second line configured to deliver at least one utility selected from electric power, data, and fluid.

A positioning system includes a plurality of sensors, a frame, including a plurality of rollers, and a housing. The housing includes at least one guide rod and a driving module. The at least one guide rod is disposed laterally within the housing. The frame is coupled to the at least one guide rod, such that the frame is configured to translate laterally along the at least one guide rod. The driving module is configured to translate the frame along the at least one guide rod, responsive to a signal received from the plurality of sensors.

A hoist system includes a wire rope cable having a first end and a second end. The wire rope cable further including multiple strands twisted into a helical shape. The hoist system further including a lifting mechanism configured to attach to the first end of the wire rope cable. The lifting mechanism including at least one of a rotating drum and a set of frictional rollers. The hoist system further including a motor configured to rotate the lifting mechanism; and a housing configured to house the lifting mechanism, the motor, and at least part of the wire rope cable.

A device for moving an object is disclosed. The device has a drive cylinder with drive grooves and a set of idler pulleys. The idler pulleys are on a shaft that is parallel to the drive cylinder. Each of the idler pulleys rotate at an angle around the drive shaft that aligns the grooves of the idler pulleys to neighboring drive grooves. This allows the line to pass onto the drive groove, around an idler pulley, and onto a next adjacent drive groove. The line therefore winds back and forth between the drive grooves, the idler pulleys, and back to the next drive groove. One end of the line is placed under tension and the other is attached to an object or to a fixed member. The drive cylinder is driven and the line is moved through the device, or the device is moved along the line, respectively.

A heavy equipment recovery winch system includes a winch assembly mountable to a drive end of a heavy equipment vehicle, a hydraulic assembly and a fairlead assembly. The hydraulic assembly is mounted to a portion of the heavy equipment vehicle and the hydraulic assembly is operatively connected to the winch assembly. The fairlead assembly is mountable to the drive end of the heavy equipment vehicle to assist with guiding a cable from the winch assembly.

Methods and systems are provided for a fairlead with an illumination module. In one example, a fairlead includes an illumination module seated against a recessed mounting surface. The illumination module is housed within a body of the fairlead and configured to illuminate a main opening of the fairlead.

A towing bitt assembly comprising: an arched structure defining an opening for a towing rope to run there through; a roller assembly comprising a coupling means for coupling the roller assembly to the arched structure so that the roller assembly is movable along a centre line of the arched structure; and a roller means for guiding the towing rope, the roller means being rotatable around the centre line of the arched structure.

An inner face of a flange of a winch drum is provided with a rope guide part that guides a rope portion in a higher layer such that the rope portion in the higher layer crosses a rope portion in a lower layer in a first crossing section, and a ridge line of the rope guide part has a shape that is displaced in a winding rotation direction with respect to a baseline passing through a rotation axis and an inner edge of the ridge line as proceeding from the inner edge to an outer edge.

A cable guide device, including a cable with one end attached to an unwinding/rewinding device, another end having structure for accepting applied force, with cable therebetween guided by a cable guide, wherein as force is applied to the cable, the cable guide causes redirection of the applied force eliminating cable binding as cable is rewound. One embodiment is a trunnion-sheave winch-apparatus for object recovery, including: a trunnion-sheave of a pair of sheaves with cable inserted therebetween, one cable end attached to a winch drum with a hook attached to its other end for connection to an object being recovered, wherein as the object is recovered the force applied to the cable is redirected by the trunnion-sheave causing said cable to be maintained at a minimum of 90 contact with the pair of sheaves regardless of the angle of force being applied to the cable causing elimination of cable binding.