John E Colgan

US Patent:

20200099828, Mar 26, 2020

Filed:

Nov 27, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/698326

Inventors:

- New York NY, US
Desmond N. Smyth - New York NY, US
John J. Colgan - New York NY, US
Neil K. Wiener - New York NY, US

International Classification:

H04N 5/225
H02G 1/02
H02G 7/05
G03B 17/02
G03B 17/56
H04N 7/18
H04N 5/232

Abstract:

Apparatuses and methods for hanging a plurality of sensors from an overhead strand holding one or more communication cables are described herein. In an example embodiment, a monitoring device includes a first housing portion including a bottom surface and a plurality of side surfaces, wherein at least one of the bottom surface and the plurality of side surfaces includes at least one aperture configured to receive a sensor, a second housing portion configured to attach to the first housing portion, thereby providing an inner space between the first and second housing portions, an attachment device enabling the attached first and second housing portions to hang from an overhead strand, and a connector configured to receive power from a communication line tap to power at least one component within the inner space while the attachment device hangs the housing from the overhead strand.