MUMBAI, India, April 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617008332 A) filed by Cable Coatings Limited, Leeds, U.K., on Jan. 28, for 'robotic device for coating and/or pre-treatment of overhead transmission or distribution line conductors.'
Inventor(s) include Coogan, Niall; Arevalo, Arpys; Dorzi, Rafic; Saxena, Tanmay; Higbee, Oliver; and Lorimer, Trevor.
The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A robotic device (300) for applying a coating and/or treatment to an overhead transmission or distribution line includes a pair of wheels (302), (304) configured to run on top of a conductor of the...