ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,787, issued on May 5, was assigned to FT Holdings Inc. (Calgary, Canada).
"System and method for stringing spans of cable" was invented by Jason Peter Clarke (Calgary, Canada) and Daniel John Clarke (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described for stringing spans of cable, in particular, electric power transmission lines between utility poles using a robotic device suspended from an unmanned aerial vehicle ("UAV"). In some aspects, a thrust assembly suspended by a UAV pulls the cable from pole to pole whereas in other aspects, an aerial robot integrating the functions of the thrust assembly and the ...