US Patent Issued to General Electric, Oliver Crispin Robotics on April 14 for "Insertion tool and method" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,279, issued on April 14, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio) and Oliver Crispin Robotics Ltd. (Altrincham, Great Britain).

"Insertion tool and method" was invented by Julian Matthew Foxall (Bristol, Great Britain), Trevor Owen Hawke (Bristol, Great Britain), Andrew Crispin Graham (Badminton, Great Britain), Chiara Mellucci (Bristol, Great Britain), Todd William Danko (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni (Glenville, N.Y.), Michael Dean Fullington (West Chester, Ohio) and Margeaux Wallace (Niskayuna, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insertion tool is provided for an engine defining an access opening and ...