US Patent Issued to GE Infrastructure Technology on May 12 for "Pipe navigation apparatus with bypass fluid channel" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,788, issued on May 12, was assigned to GE Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Pipe navigation apparatus with bypass fluid channel" was invented by Deepak Trivedi (Halfmoon, N.Y.), Andrew Thomas Cross (Waterford, N.Y.) and Christopher Walter Falcone (Schenectady, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A navigation apparatus for use in navigating a pipe having a sidewall defining an interior cavity is provided. The navigation apparatus includes a body assembly having a first end and a second end and configured to move through the interior cavity of the pipe. The navigation apparatus also includes a channel defining a fluid p...