ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,446, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Quanta Associates LP (Houston).
"Method and apparatus for lifting a bundle of sub-conductors" was invented by Daniel Neil O'Connell (Burnaby, Canada), Raymond Henry Jodoin (Burnaby, Canada), Benjamin James Harvey (Burnaby, Canada), John Christopher Green (Calgary, Canada) and Stanley Giang (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bundle lifter for lifting a sub-conductor bundle having a plurality of spaced-apart sub-conductors, includes a base platform adapted for rotational mounting onto a single point conductor lifter, four sub-conductor wire cages mounted on the platform to support ...