Abstract: An electric transmission line support structure. A crossarm depending perpendicularly from a vertical shaft has a first and a second mounting point. A central support depends from the crossarm between the first and the second mounting point. A first conductor bundle is attached to the first mounting point by a first structural string and to the central support by a second structural string. A second conductor bundle is connected to the central support by a third structural string and to the second mounting point by a fourth structural string. A fifth structural string, perpendicular to the crossarm and extending between the first conductor bundle and the second conductor bundle, connects the central mounting point to a third conductor bundle that is further from the crossarm than the first conductor bundle and the second conductor bundle. A sixth structural string connects the vertical shaft to the third conductor bundle.

Abstract: An electric transmission line support structure. A first vertical shaft and a parallel second vertical shaft are connected by a crossarm. A first conductor attachment point is connected to the first vertical shaft at a first vertical shaft attachment by a first structural string. A second conductor attachment point is connected to the second vertical shaft at a second vertical shaft attachment point by a second structural string and to the first conductor attachment point by a third structural string. A third conductor attachment point connected to the first vertical shaft at a third vertical shaft attachment point by a fourth structural string and to the second vertical shaft at a fourth vertical shaft attachment point by a fifth structural string. The third vertical shaft attachment point is below the first vertical shaft attachment point, and the fourth vertical shaft attachment point is below the second vertical shaft attachment point.

Abstract: A current monitor for a transmission line having powered active components is provided. A current monitor includes: a housing configured to be coupled to a transmission line, an inductive current sensor in the housing configured to measure a value of the current on the transmission line to generate a sensor signal, a power source, and a sensor signal conversion circuit in the housing configured to receive power from the power source and to generate a current output signal based on the sensor signal, the current output signal having a natively useful form.

Abstract: A transmission line assembly and a compact insulator and hardware assembly for a transmission line assembly are provided. In an embodiment, a transmission line assembly includes a first V-string including a first post insulator and a second post insulator; a second V-string including a third post insulator and a fourth post insulator; and a suspension insulator, and a first yoke plate, a second yoke plate, and a third yoke plate are configured to respectively support a first phase conductor, a second phase conductor, and a third phase conductor to have an inverted triangular configuration.

Abstract: An insulator leakage current detector, an insulator leakage current detecting system, and a method of monitoring insulator leakage current using the same are provided. An insulator leakage current detector mountable on an insulator string includes a sensor to sense leakage current information of the insulator string; and a device to send a signal including the leakage current information sensed by the sensor.

Abstract: A post insulator, a post insulator keeper, and a method of securing a conductor on a post insulator are provided. A post insulator includes: an electrically insulative case including an abutment surface defining a recess; and a keeper rotatably coupled to the case between an open position in which a conductor is receivable into the recess, and a closed position to maintain the conductor in the recess.

Abstract: A transmission line assembly and a compact insulator and hardware assembly for a transmission line assembly are provided. In an embodiment, a transmission line assembly includes a first V-string including a first post insulator and a second post insulator; a second V-string including a third post insulator and a fourth post insulator; and a suspension insulator, and a first yoke plate, a second yoke plate, and a third yoke plate are configured to respectively support a first phase conductor, a second phase conductor, and a third phase conductor to have an inverted triangular configuration.

Abstract: A dropped conductor sensor includes a housing installable on a first conductor; a sensor supported in the housing and configured to sense in real time at least one of an acceleration, a vibration, a tilt, a roll, or an angular displacement of the dropped conductor sensor; and an antenna in the housing, the antenna configured to transmit a signal including information sensed by the sensor away from the dropped conductor sensor in real time. A monitoring system including a dropped conductor sensor, and a method of monitoring a conductor using a dropped conductor sensor are also provided.

Abstract: A current monitor for a transmission line having powered active components is provided. A current monitor includes: a housing configured to be coupled to a transmission line, an inductive current sensor in the housing configured to measure a value of the current on the transmission line to generate a sensor signal, a power source, and a sensor signal conversion circuit in the housing configured to receive power from the power source and to generate a current output signal based on the sensor signal, the current output signal having a natively useful form.

Abstract: Systems and methods for debris detection and integrity validation for right-of-way based infrastructures are provided. Further, systems and methods for detection of electrical arcs and systems and methods for fire detection are provided. Further, a device for detection of weather conditions that is mountable on a power line is provided.

Abstract: Systems and methods for debris detection and integrity validation for right-of-way based infrastructures using a neural network are provided. Further, systems and methods for detection of electrical arcs and systems and methods for fire detection using a neural network are provided.

Abstract: A current monitor for a transmission line having powered active components is provided. A current monitor includes: a housing configured to be coupled to a transmission line, an inductive current sensor in the housing configured to measure a value of the current on the transmission line to generate a sensor signal, a power source, and a sensor signal conversion circuit in the housing configured to receive power from the power source and to generate a current output signal based on the sensor signal, the current output signal having a natively useful form.

Abstract: A dynamic real time transmission line monitor, a dynamic real time transmission line monitoring system, and a method of dynamic real time transmission line monitoring are provided. A dynamic real time transmission line monitor includes a housing installable on a transmission line, the housing including a base portion and a cover portion; at least one sensor configured to sense in real time at least one of a temperature, a position, a current, an acceleration, a vibration, a tilt, a roll, or a distance to a nearest object, the at least one sensor including a radar sensor configured to sense a distance to a nearest object; and an antenna in the cavity of the housing and configured to transmit a signal including information sensed by the at least one sensor away from the monitor in real time.

Abstract: A current monitor for a transmission line having powered active components is provided. A current monitor includes: a housing configured to be coupled to a transmission line, an inductive current sensor in the housing configured to measure a value of the current on the transmission line to generate a sensor signal, a power source, and a sensor signal conversion circuit in the housing configured to receive power from the power source and to generate a current output signal based on the sensor signal, the current output signal having a natively useful form.

Abstract: An apparatus for helicopter erection of an emergency restoration structure, and a method of helicopter erection of an emergency restoration structure using the same are provided. An apparatus for helicopter erection of an emergency restoration structure includes a first alignment frame portion attachable to a first section of an emergency restoration structure; a second alignment frame portion attachable to a second section of the emergency restoration structure; an alignment portion arranged on at least one of the first alignment frame portion and the second alignment frame portion; and a hook configured to receive a portion of at least one of the first alignment frame portion and the second alignment frame portion.

Abstract: A three-phase transmission line braced post assembly and a circuit tower including the same are provided. A three-phase transmission line braced post assembly includes: a pair of first post insulators; a pair of suspension insulators; a first connector connecting one of the first post insulators to one of the first suspension insulators; a second connector connecting the other of the first post insulators to the other of the first suspension insulators; a second post insulator connected to the second connector; a second suspension insulator connected to the first connector; and a third connector connecting the second post insulator to the second suspension insulator, the first connector, the second connector, and the third connector being configured to respectively support a first conductor, a second conductor, and a third conductor to have a triangular configuration.

Abstract: A post insulator, a post insulator keeper, and a method of securing a conductor on a post insulator are provided. A post insulator includes: an electrically insulative case including an abutment surface defining a recess; and a keeper rotatably coupled to the case between an open position in which a conductor is receivable into the recess, and a closed position to maintain the conductor in the recess.

Abstract: An insulator leakage current detector, an insulator leakage current detecting system, and a method of monitoring insulator leakage current using the same are provided. An insulator leakage current detector mountable on an insulator string includes a sensor to sense leakage current information of the insulator string; and a device to send a signal including the leakage current information sensed by the sensor.