US 11,929,597 B2
System and method for using a flying vehicle to mount and dismount a device on an electrical cable
Eyal Eliyahu Miron, Hod Hasharon (IL); and Nimrod Sandlerman, Ramat-Gan (IL)
Appl. No. 16/976,772
Filed by ELECTRICAL GRID MONITORING LTD., Rosh Haayin (IL)
PCT Filed Mar. 3, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/051698
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 31, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/171231, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 12, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/639,540, filed on Mar. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0013705 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. H02G 1/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01)
CPC H02G 1/02 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B64U 2201/20 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mounting device for at least one of mounting a cable device on an electric cable of an electric grid, and dismounting said cable device from said electric cable, said mounting device comprising:
a first coupling part arranged to attach said mounting device to a flying vehicle;
a second coupling part arranged to attach said cable device to said mounting device; and
a manipulating device arranged to perform at least one of:
maneuver said mounting device with respect to said flying vehicle in at least one of yaw, pitch and roll angles;
maneuver said cable device with respect to said mounting device in at least one of yaw, pitch and roll angles;
maneuver said cable device with respect to said electric cable in at least one of pitch, and roll angles;
maneuver said mounting device with respect to said cable device mounted on said electric cable in at least one of pitch and roll angles;
maneuver said mounting device without affecting yaw, pitch, and roll angles of said flying vehicle; and
maneuver said cable device without affecting yaw, pitch, and roll angles of said flying vehicle.