US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms on Dec. 30 for "Systems for installing fiber optic cable about a powerline conductor" (New York, Vermont Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,649, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Meta Platforms Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Systems for installing fiber optic cable about a powerline conductor" was invented by Jonathan M. Kuriloff (Saint James, N.Y.), Benjamin Lagosz-Sinclair (Tuxedo Park, N.Y.), Alex Edwin Symington (Middle Island, N.Y.), John J. Webster (North Babylon, N.Y.) and Wayne Michael Kachmar (North Bennington, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed robotic system may include (1) a drive subsystem that translates the robotic system along a powerline conductor and (2) a rotation subsystem coupled to the drive subsystem, where (a) the rotation subsystem is...