US Patent Issued to Baker Hughes Holdings on July 28 for "Using force sensing to prevent borescope damage" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,520, issued on July 28, was assigned to Baker Hughes Holdings LLC (Houston).

"Using force sensing to prevent borescope damage" was invented by Andrew Tang (Camillus, N.Y.) and James Delmonico (Baldwinsville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A borescope includes an inspection tube with the following features. The inspection tube includes an actuable portion nearer a distal of the inspection tube than a proximal end of the tube. Actuatable drive cables extend a length of the inspection tube. The actuable drive cables are attached to a distal end of the inspection tube and are arranged to transfer motion to the actuable portion. A fo...