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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Hydro-québec, Montréal, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
HYDRO-QUEBEC, Montreal, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 1/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G01R 31/58 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 1/02 (2013.01); B64C 39/02 (2013.01); B64C 2201/12 (2013.01); G01R 31/58 (2020.01);
Abstract
An unmanned aerial vehicle mountable to an aerial conductor of an electricity transmission line to monitor a component. The unmanned aerial vehicle has a body having a propulsion system to lift, lower, and navigate the vehicle. A component monitoring tool is mounted to the body and is vertically displaceable between a first position and a second position. The tool in the first position is vertically spaced from the component. The tool in the second position is engaged with the component. A displacement assembly is mounted to at least one of the body and the tool and includes at least one displacement member to displace the body and the tool along the conductor.