US Patent Issued to Electro Scan on Sept. 8 for "Bend navigating insertion tool for pipes" (California, Idaho, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,083, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Electro Scan Inc. (Sacramento, Calif.).

"Bend navigating insertion tool for pipes" was invented by Charles A. Hansen (Carmichael, Calif.), Sean Blottie (Fair Oaks, Calif.), Matthew Campos (Fair Oaks, Calif.), Janine Mullinix (El Dorado Hills, Calif.), Sonja Hansen (Carmichael, Calif.), Bianca Hansen (Carmichael, Calif.), Morgan Hansen (Carmichael, Calif.), Valeri Zaharie (Post Falls, Idaho), Bansari Doshi (San Jose, Calif.) and Mike App (Baldwinsville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A probe provides one end of an electrically conductive path with a ground stake defining a second end. The p...