H02G 7/02
Devices for adjusting or maintaining mechanical tension
Official title: Devices for adjusting or maintaining mechanical tension, e.g. take-up device
H02G7/02 (Devices for adjusting or maintaining mechanical tension) appears on 61 US grants and 60 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H02G- Granted patents
- 61
- Published applications
- 60
- Assignees
- 53
- Inventors
- 161
- Latest grant
- 31 Mar 2026
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| 2025 | 2 | 4 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Central tension line for overhead power transmission cable having damage detection function and overhead power transmission cable comprising same31 Mar 2026US 12,592,552 B2Ls Cable & System Ltd.
- Tension stringing apparatus and process4 Mar 2025US 12,244,131 B2Tse International Inc.
- Robotic system obstacle recognition18 Feb 2025US 12,228,783 B1Meta Platforms, Inc.
- Wire tensioning system31 Dec 2024US 12,184,053 B2Altec Industries, Inc.
- Multi-line suspending bracket5 Nov 2024US 12,136,803 B2Preformed Line Products Company
- Transmission tower2 Jul 2026US 2026/0188990 A1Shanghai Shemar Power Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Predicting Vibrations of Overhead Transmission Lines19 Mar 2026US 2026/0081411 A1Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Device for supporting an overhead cable, system of an overhead cable network configured to manage an electrical signal comprising such a support device, and corresponding management method25 Dec 2025US 2025/0392109 A1
- Tension stringing apparatus and process21 Aug 2025US 2025/0266669 A1Tse International Inc.
- Automatic direction change pendulum-type rotary drive gear ratchet tensioner for indirect live wire with unlimited tension distance control and indirect live wire non-power distribution method using same8 May 2025US 2025/0144776 A1Daewon Electric Co. Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Power transmission line monitoring system50US 5,235,861 A1993
- Power line sag monitor46US 6,205,867 B1American Electric Power Company, Inc. · 2001
- Power line sag monitor40US 6,523,424 B12003
- Overhead electrical power transmission line20US 7,547,843 B23M Innovative Properties Company · 2009
- Real-time power-line sag monitoring using time-synchronized power system measurements20US 7,620,517 B2ABB Research Ltd. · 2009