US Patent Issued to General Electric, Oliver Crispin Robotics Ltd. Altrincham on Sept. 15 for "Telescoping insertion tool" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,671, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio) and Oliver Crispin Robotics Ltd. Altrincham (Cheshire, Great Britain).

"Telescoping insertion tool" was invented by Chang Liu (Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.), Deepak Trivedi (Halfmoon, N.Y.), Wayne Ray Grady (Hamilton, Ohio), Grover Andrew Bennett Jr. (Esperance, N.Y.), Lokaditya Ryali (Guilderland, N.Y.), Andrew Crispin Graham (Badminton, Great Britain) and Raul Montoya Blanco (Uffculme, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insertion tool is provided. The tool includes an insertion portion, a telescoping link, a joint actuation assembly, and an extension ac...