ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,849, issued on July 1, was assigned to VAULTSCAN360 LLC (Mesa, Ariz.).
"Stabalized electrical manhole inspection tool" was invented by James Rea (Mesa, Ariz.) and Steve Winden (Mesa, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stable inspection tool and method for inspecting electrical manhole vaults and other structures. The tool and method of the present invention eliminates the need for physical entry into underground electrical manhole vaults and other underground structures when inspecting the structure or when identifying, tracing and mapping existing conductor and conduit locations. Further, improved images of the structure may be o...