US Patent Issued to Gecko Robotics on March 3 for "Robotic systems for ultrasonic surface inspection using shaped elements" (Pennsylvania, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,158, issued on March 3, was assigned to Gecko Robotics Inc. (Pittsburgh).

"Robotic systems for ultrasonic surface inspection using shaped elements" was invented by Kevin Y. Low (Pittsburgh), Chase David (Montgomery, Texas) and Brandon J. Reitz (Magnolia, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A differential pivoting mechanism for a payload for an inspection robot. The mechanism includes a first rotational pivot joint that pivotally couples to a first sensor housing to pivot the first sensor housing in a first degree of freedom in a plane substantially perpendicular to a direction of travel of the inspection robot along an inspection su...