公开(公告)号：US20190176984A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-13

申请号：US16213281

申请日：2018-12-07

Applicant: Quanta Associates, L.P.

Inventor： David Karl WABNEGGER ,  Daniel Neil O'CONNELL

IPC: B64C39/02 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G05D1/10 ,  G01R31/08 ,  H05K9/00 ,  H02G1/02

Abstract: A remotely controlled unmanned aerial device for use in proximity or in contact with high voltage powerlines, includes an unmanned aerial vehicle and an electrically conductive shield forming part of or operatively coupled to so as to encapsulate the unmanned aerial vehicle. When in the presence of a high voltage powerline, the unmanned aerial vehicle either when bonded-on or within the corresponding magnetic fields of the powerline, so as to transfer the powerline potential in whole or in part to the unmanned aerial vehicle, electrically energizes the conductive shield around the unmanned aerial vehicle while leaving components of the unmanned aerial vehicle within the shield substantially electrically unaffected by the voltage potential.

公开(公告)号：US20190112172A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-18

申请号：US16164403

申请日：2018-10-18

Applicant: Quanta Associates, L.P.

Inventor： David Karl WABNEGGER ,  Daniel Neil O'CONNELL ,  David James BALL ,  Robert Wayne PALMER ,  Jody Milton GREER ,  Raymond Henry JODOIN

IPC: B66F17/00 ,  B66F11/04 ,  B66F13/00 ,  B08B5/02 ,  B08B7/00

Abstract: A system is provided for use with an insulated boom section of a bucket truck. The system includes a source of high volume and pressure, dry air; one or more interior air diffusers connected to the source of high volume and pressure, dry air to direct the air into an interior of the insulated boom section. One or more exterior air diffusers connected to the source of high volume and pressure, dry air direct the air to along an exterior surface of the insulated boom section. A method is also provided for cleaning or drying both the interior and exterior surfaces simultaneously of an insulated boom section of the boom of a bucket truck. The boom of a bucket truck is further provided in another aspect that includes at least one insulated boom section, a source of high volume and pressure, dry air, one or more interior air diffusers and one or more exterior air diffusers. A pre-heating air heater may be removably mounted into the boom.

公开(公告)号：US20250146308A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-08

申请号：US18940383

申请日：2024-11-07

Applicant: Quanta Associates, L.P.

Inventor： Benjamin James HARVEY ,  Tyler Lee ROSE ,  Brian Dale BROGAN ,  Daniel Neil O'CONNELL

IPC: E04G3/24 ,  B64D1/08

Abstract: A static arm platform for mounting onto a static arm includes a rigid saddle adapted for releasable mounting down onto the static arm, at a desired location along the static arm dictated by a pre-chosen static arm cross section profile formed as lower cut-outs in a pair of gusset plates mounted at each end of the saddle between a pair of rigid flanks extending down the sides of the saddle. The lower cut-outs snuggly fit onto and over the static arm at the desired locations on the static arm to resist a rotation of the saddle relative to the static arm when a lineman is standing on one of a pair of foot decks mounted at the lower ends of the rigid flanks, wherein the rigid flanks define a static arm receiving cavity to envelope the static arm when the static arm platform is mounted on the static arm.

公开(公告)号：US20240258773A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18627851

申请日：2024-04-05

Applicant: Quanta Associates, L.P.

Inventor： Daniel Neil O'CONNELL

IPC: H02G1/04

CPC classification number: H02G1/04

Abstract: An anti-rotation device is provided for stringing a cable or wire while reducing a twisting moment of the cable or wire as it is strung. The device includes a tow component, having multiple tow sections pivotally connectable end-to-end. A plurality of insulated weighted tails are suspended so as to hang from the tow component. Each of the tails include weighted tail sections releasably connectable end-to-end to one another. At least one electrically insulated tail section is provided in each tail between the tow component and at least some of the weighted tail sections. The tails are constrained to only articulate relative to the tow component in the single plane of bending of the tow component.

公开(公告)号：US20220247097A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-04

申请号：US17586456

申请日：2022-01-27

Applicant: Quanta Associates, L.P.

Inventor： Daniel Neil O'CONNELL ,  Raymond Henry JODOIN ,  Benjamin James HARVEY

IPC: H01R4/66 ,  H01R4/48 ,  H01R4/64

Abstract: A grounding clamp uses a spring driving a piston mounted movable jaw as a safety lockout. The movable jaw and a fixed jaw, which may include teeth, form a conductor clamp. The ground clamp mounts on the end of a hot stick to provide for electrically insulated remote operation of the ground clamp by a lineman holding the hot stick and pulling on, or releasing, a lever arm on the hot stick. The system provides increased safety for the lineman as the spring providing the spring loading of the clamp has a high spring force to overcome, thus providing the lockout. The lever arm on the hot stick tool provides mechanical advantage to overcome the spring force and thus release the lockout. The lineman cannot usefully operate the ground clamp manually without the hot stick due to spring force lockout.

公开(公告)号：US20210288481A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-16

申请号：US17200148

申请日：2021-03-12

Applicant: Quanta Associates, L.P.

Inventor： Daniel Neil O'CONNELL ,  Raymond Henry JODOIN ,  Benjamin James HARVEY ,  John Christopher GREEN ,  Stanley GIANG

IPC: H02G7/05 ,  H02G1/02

Abstract: A bundle lifter for lifting a sub-conductor bundle having a plurality of spaced-apart sub-conductors, includes a base platform adapted for rotational mounting onto a single point conductor lifter, four sub-conductor wire cages mounted on the platform to support a sub-conductor thereon, each wire cage adapted to releasably hold a single sub-conductor and to swivel relative to the platform, wherein when the wire cages are positioned under the sub-conductor bundle, the wire cages are swivelled to align their corresponding rollers with a corresponding sub-conductor for rolling support of the sub-conductor on the roller as the bundle lifter is elevated on the support upwards from under the sub-conductor bundle to simultaneously pick each sub-conductor in the bundle into its wire cage for translation of the bundle from an original position to a new position spaced apart from the original position.

公开(公告)号：US20210273424A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-02

申请号：US17186721

申请日：2021-02-26

Applicant: Quanta Associates, L.P.

Inventor： Benjamin James HARVEY ,  Jeremy Dennis BAKER ,  Daniel Neil O'CONNELL ,  Raymond Henry JODOIN

IPC: H02G1/04 ,  B66C1/68 ,  B66C23/04 ,  B66C23/42 ,  B66C23/70

Abstract: A method and apparatus to invert a robotic arm, includes an angling adaptor and swing arm. The angling adaptor includes a truck or crane boom head adaptor and a hinge coupler. The swing arm extends downwardly from the angling adaptor and may include a boom adaptor arm and a jib. The lower end of the swing arm is mounted to the main beam of the robotic arm. The hinge coupler mounts to the upper end of the crane or truck boom. The robotic arm is mounted on the swing arm so as to downwardly orient the insulators on the robotic arm. A lowermost end of each insulator is adapted for releasably holding an electrical bypass which may include a bus bar and electrical cable jumpers.