US Patent Issued to Pitch Aeronautics on June 23 for "Drone deployable clamp with modular payload" (Idaho, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,397, issued on June 23, was assigned to Pitch Aeronautics Inc. (Boise, Idaho).

"Drone deployable clamp with modular payload" was invented by Julianna Buzzard (Meridian, Idaho), Adam Newell (Boise, Idaho), Zachary H. Adams (Boise, Idaho), Zachary D. Adams (Boise, Idaho), Dannya Andrade Rosales (Mukilteo, Wash.), Jeremy Abell (Boise, Idaho), Jacob Tenorio (Boise, Idaho), Dylan J. Schramm (Boise, Idaho), Gavin Hamilton (Meridian, Idaho) and Saul Vasquez (Eagle, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for attaching multiple components to power lines via drone. The invention includes a clamp which is attached to a power line followi...