ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,201, issued on June 10, was assigned to Melfred Borzall Inc. (Santa Maria, Calif.).
"Methods and systems for pulling bundles of conduits" was invented by Eric Melsheimer (Santa Maria, Calif.) and Ricky Escobar (Santa Maria, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes a pulling device that is used to attach to a non-circular bundle of conduits during installation of micro-duct bundles using horizontal directional drilling (HDD). According to some embodiments, the pulling device includes an interior pocket at a distal end to receive one end of the bundle of conduits and is shaped to constrain a rotational ori...