H02G 7/18
Devices affording mechanical protection in the event of breakage of a line
Official title: Devices affording mechanical protection in the event of breakage of a line or cable, e.g. net for catching broken lines
H02G7/18 (Devices affording mechanical protection in the event of breakage of a line) appears on 34 US grants and 30 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H02G- Granted patents
- 34
- Published applications
- 30
- Assignees
- 16
- Inventors
- 70
- Latest grant
- 21 Apr 2026
Filings by year
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2012 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Break-away coupler for aerial cable clamp and integrated cable cutter21 Apr 2026US 12,609,518 B2CommScope Technologies LLC
- Anti-rotation device for cable stringing17 Mar 2026US 12,580,368 B2Quanta Associates, L. P.
- Electrically insulated boom mountable temporary conductor guard structure29 Jul 2025US 12,374,872 B2Quanta Associates, L. P.
- Apparatus for attaching restraining means to a line1 Jul 2025US 12,348,013 B2
- Anti-rotation device for cable stringing7 May 2024US 11,979,007 B2Quanta Associates, L. P.
- Electrically insulated boom mountable temporary conductor guard structure30 Oct 2025US 2025/0337226 A1Quanta Associates, L. P.
- Shear Pin Bracket for Aerial Cable System20 Mar 2025US 2025/0096546 A1Marmon Utility LLC
- Anti-rotation device for cable stringing1 Aug 2024US 2024/0258773 A1Quanta Associates, L. P.
- Break-away coupler for aerial cable clamp and integrated cable cutter13 Oct 2022US 2022/0329057 A1CommScope Technologies LLC
- Apparatus for attaching restraining means to a line4 Aug 2022US 2022/0247160 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electrical safety drop disconnect34US 4,698,717 A1987
- Suspended line breakaway device21US 5,315,064 AWilliam D. Piper · 1994
- Compact device for long stroke energy absorption18US 4,791,243 AAnco Engineers, Inc. · 1988
- Systems and methods for detecting overhead line motion14US 9,488,670 B2Elwha LLC · 2016
- Safety disconnect switch for suspended cables12US 4,195,192 AHackney-Glasscock, Inc. · 1980