US 11,686,418 B2
Fire resistant composite pole system
Dustin L. Troutman, Hopewell, PA (US); Jeremy D. Mostoller, Johnstown, PA (US); Ronald Allison, Bedford, PA (US); Terry A. Shank, Jr., New Paris, PA (US); and Shane E. Weyant, Bedford, PA (US)
Assigned to CREATIVE PULTRUSIONS, INC., Alum Bank, PA (US)
Filed by CREATIVE PULTRUSIONS, INC., Alum Bank, PA (US)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/221,924.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/110,604, filed on Nov. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/005,843, filed on Apr. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0310598 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. F16L 57/04 (2006.01); F16L 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16L 57/04 (2013.01) [F16L 5/04 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A utility pole system, comprising:
a pole body;
a fire retardant sleeve assembly arranged on at least a length of the pole body, the sleeve assembly having an outer shell and an inner insulation layer provided in contact with a surface of the pole body; and
at least one temperature sensor positioned beneath and covered by the sleeve assembly, wherein the at least one temperature sensor is configured to measure a temperature experienced at the surface of the pole body underlying the sleeve assembly.