US Patent Issued to Tallman Equipment on June 10 for "Unitary fastener and cable guidance devices for helicopter block pulleys and methods of assembly and use" (Illinois, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,986, issued on June 10, was assigned to Tallman Equipment Co. INC. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Unitary fastener and cable guidance devices for helicopter block pulleys and methods of assembly and use" was invented by Anthony Pickart (Janesville, Wis.), Edward Youngerman (St. Charles, Ill.), Servando Torres (Addison, Ill.) and Andrew Finn (Elmhurst, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A unitary fastener and cable guidance device is operable with a pulley block assembly for stringing cable across towers. The device guides a cable onto a sheave wheel of the assembly, while fastening directly to the assembly through a unitary cantilevered axle. T...