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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2023
Applicant:
Ft Holdings Inc., Calgary, CA;
Inventors:
Jason Peter Clarke, Calgary, CA;
Daniel John Clarke, Calgary, CA;
Assignee:
FT Holdings Inc., Calgary, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 1/04 (2006.01); B64D 1/22 (2006.01); B64U 10/60 (2023.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 1/04 (2013.01); B64D 1/22 (2013.01); B64U 10/60 (2023.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01);
Abstract
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 UAV pulls the cable from pole to pole.