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'Pipe Traversing Apparatus, Sensing, And Controls' in Patent Application Approval Process (USPTO 20240025051)
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A patent application by the inventors Duerfeldt, Bryan R. (Houston, TX, US); George, Conner S. (Houston, TX, US); Liu, Dianna D. (Jackson, LA, US); Wehlin, Karl Petter (Houston, TX, US); Zargarzadeh, Hassan (Beaumont, TX, US), filed on September 29, 2023, was made available online on January 25, 2024, according to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by NewsRx correspondents. This patent application has not been assigned to a company or institution. The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Many existing pipe crawling apparatuses are designed to either travel inside of pipes or are not equipped to travel around obstacles it may encounter on the outside of pipes. In view of limitations of current technologies, a need remains for pipe-crawling apparatus that are effective in driving on horizontal and vertical pipes and navigating around and/or over potential obstacles-e.g., obstacles that present a change in the effective diameter of the pipe, a change in the effective curvature of the pipe, and/or obstacles that protrude from the pipe in one or more radial directions. More particularly, pipe-crawling apparatus are needed that are effective in navigating around and/or over flanges, valves, tees, bends, supports and the like. In addition, a need remains for pipe-crawling apparatus that are effective in traveling relative to pipes without magnets, vacuum or aerodynamic forces. Additionally, a need remains for pipecrawling apparatus and associated systems that are effective in performing desired functions relative to the pipe itself, e.g., corrosion detection, wall thickness measurements, or based on travel along the path but independent of the pipe itself, e.g., imaging and/or sensing of locations accessible through travel along a pipe. These and other needs are advantageously satisfied by the apparatus and systems disclosed herein.”
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