ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,968, issued on April 29, was assigned to TT Technologies Inc. (Aurora, Ill.).

"Cable positioning assembly and pulling system" was invented by John A. Olander (Aurora, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable pulling system and associated method are shown. Examples include positioning joints that allows a pulling boom to move up or down and side to side, while maintaining alignment of a pulling cable between pulleys. Example methods include positioning a pulling boom within a conduit box and pulling an electrical cable through a conduit into the conduit box."

The patent was filed on July 18, 2023, under Application No. 18/223,274....