ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,555, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Quanta Associates LP (Houston).
"Apparatus, system and method for lifting and manipulating conductors" was invented by Daniel Neil O'Connell (Burnaby, Canada), Raymond Henry Jodoin (Burnaby, Canada), Benjamin James Harvey (Burnaby, Canada), John Christopher Green (Calgary, Canada) and Stanley Giang (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for lifting a sub-conductor bundle having a plurality of spaced-apart sub-conductors comprises a single point lifter base and an accessory mounted onto a free end of a support. The support is electrically insulated and comprises one or two tier...