G02B 6/486
By helical wrapping
Official title: {by helical wrapping}
G02B6/486 (By helical wrapping) appears on 26 US grants and 13 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02B- Granted patents
- 26
- Published applications
- 13
- Assignees
- 14
- Inventors
- 40
- Latest grant
- 30 Dec 2025
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| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Systems for installing fiber optic cable about a powerline conductor30 Dec 2025US 12,512,649 B2Meta Platforms, Inc.
- Robotic system obstacle recognition18 Feb 2025US 12,228,783 B1Meta Platforms, Inc.
- Systems and methods for installing fiber optic cable onto a powerline conductor17 Sep 2024US 12,092,889 B1Meta Platforms, Inc.
- Stabilization of a robotic system in an unstable equilibrium configuration20 Feb 2024US 11,904,471 B1Meta Platforms, Inc.
- Spool-free fiber optic cable configuration for cable installation onto a powerline conductor17 Oct 2023US 11,787,736 B2Meta Platforms, Inc.
- Hardware for enabling interface with optical fibers in an overhead electrical cable9 May 2024US 2024/0154399 A1CTC Global Corporation
- Strength member assemblies and overhead electrical cable installations incorporating optical fibers28 Mar 2024US 2024/0103239 A1CTC Global Corporation
- Systems and methods for installing fiber optic cable onto a powerline conductor3 Aug 2023US 2023/0246427 A1Meta Platforms, Inc.
- Robotic stabilization mechanisms and related methods23 Mar 2023US 2023/0087375 A1Meta Platforms, Inc.
- Spool-free fiber optic cable configuration for cable installation onto a powerline conductor2 Jun 2022US 2022/0169564 A1Meta Platforms, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of installing an optical waveguide cable on a conductor of a high-voltage overhead line29US 6,193,824 B1Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · 2001
- Apparatus and method for unwrapping fibre optic cable from an overhead line24US 5,727,373 AFocas Limited · 1998
- Process and apparatus for the manufacture of optical modules20US 5,143,274 ASociete Foptica S.A. & Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique · 1992
- Method of winding optical cable on aerial wire12US 4,715,582 AFurukawa Electric Co., Ltd. · 1987
- Process and device for splicing an optical cable to the conductor strand of an aerial line9US 6,032,449 ASiemens Aktiengesellschaft · 2000