US Patent Issued to Clearfield on June 24 for "Small form factor flatdrop pulling bullet" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,513, issued on June 24, was assigned to Clearfield Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Small form factor flatdrop pulling bullet" was invented by John P. Hill (Oak Grove, Minn.), Donovan Hample (Otsego, Minn.) and Randy T. VanHorn (Princeton, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable pulling device including a clamshell housing including a first elongate clamshell and a second elongate clamshell configured to engage the first elongate clamshell such that the clamshell housing can house a distal end piece disposed at a distal end of a cable. The device can include a cord extending from a first end to a second end, wherein the first end and the se...