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AssigneesGeneral Electric Company, Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited
InventorsAndrew Crispin Graham, Tim Henri Ann Francois, Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock, Michael Robert Millhaem
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An extension tool includes a plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable relative to one another. The plurality of sequentially arranged links include a first link. The extension tool further includes a line assembly having a line, the line including a first portion extending through the plurality of sequentially arranged links to the first link and a transition portion extending from the first portion through the first link. The extension tool further includes an attachment feature coupled to or formed integrally with the line of the line assembly at the transition portion of the line to support the line in the event of a failure of the line.
An extension tool comprising:
A method of operating an extension tool, the extension tool comprising a plurality of sequentially arranged links, a line assembly having a line extending along a length of the plurality of sequentially arranged links, and an attachment feature coupled to or formed integrally with the line of the line assembly, the method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.