ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,445, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to INFRAVISION HOLDINGS PTY LTD. (Camperdown, Australia).
"Cable winch" was invented by Cameron Van Der Berg (New South Wales, Australia) and Daniel Van Der Berg (New South Wales, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable winch (100) for deploying and retracting a cable (50) during the installation of powerline cables on transmission towers. The cable winch (100) includes a base frame (102), a spool (110), a drive system (120), a sensor system (200), and a control system (300). The spool (110) is mounted for rotation on the base frame (102) and the cable (50) is releasably securable to the ...