ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,992, issued on July 1, was assigned to Hubbell Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).
"Installation accessories for lineman hot sticks" was invented by Dana Khalid Saeed (Lewisville, Texas) and Connor Allen Urbeck (Manchester, Mo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hot stick installation accessory is provided. The accessory includes a main housing, a base, and a tool. The main housing has a holding region that holds an electrical component. The base can be removably secured to a body of the hot stick. The base is connected to the main housing for rotation about an axis parallel to the hot stick. The tool is secured to the base so that the tool moves al...