---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000000270"
title: "Rescue hoist cable foul protection"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:02:41.105828Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000270"
categories:
  - "lifting-positioning-manipulation/hoists-and-cranes"
keywords:
  - "b66d1/485"
  - "a62b1/08"
  - "b64d1/22"
  - "b66d1/24"
  - "b66d2700/025"
---

# Rescue hoist cable foul protection

## Abstract

A hoist system for cable-reeling operations is disclosed herein. The hoist system includes a housing, a drum disposed within the housing and configured to spin about an axis, a motor configured to spin the drum about the axis, a cable configured to be wound and unwound from the drum as the motor spins the drum about the axis, a cable sensor configured to detect misalignment of the cable during the cable-reeling operations, and a motor controller operatively coupled to the cable sensor and the motor, wherein the motor controller is configured to receive a cable misalignment signal from the cable sensor and adjust operation of the motor in response to the cable misalignment signal.