ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,498, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Marmon Utility LLC (Milford, Conn.).
"Powerline contact monitoring and alert system" was invented by Gordon McCambridge (Seymour, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for monitoring and alerting for contact of an object with a line strung between two upright posts includes a housing having a body and a mounting portion extending from the body. A mount is positioned in the mounting portion. A camera is positioned on the mounting portion for downward viewing of the line. A processor is positioned in the housing and an accelerometer is positioned in the housing in operable communication w...