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US 10,186,348 B2Granted
System and method for applying coating on overhead power transmission conductors using an unmanned aerial vehicle
AssigneeGeneral Cable Technologies Corporation
InventorsCody R. Davis, Srinivas Siripurapu, Sathish Kumar Ranganathan, Vijay Mhetar
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Abstract
Systems and methods of coating an installed overhead conductor with an unmanned aerial vehicle are disclosed. The unmanned aerial vehicles can attach to an installed overhead conductor and can apply a coating composition from one or more canisters.
Claims10
A system comprising:
- an unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAV”) comprising:
- an overhead conductor clamping member comprising:
- a pair of jaws, wherein each jaw of the pair of jaws comprises an interior surface;
- and
- a first set of coating apertures, wherein each coating aperture of the first set of coating apertures is disposed on the interior surface of one of the jaws;
- and
- a first canister fillable with a first coating composition and fluidly connected to the first set of coating apertures via a first conduit;
- and
- wherein the overhead conductor clamping member is configured to surround an installed overhead conductor to apply the first coating composition, and wherein at least one of the jaws is pivotable relative to the other jaw.
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