US Patent Issued to PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.-PETROBRAS, UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL-UFRGS on March 24 for "System for traction inside pipes, with flexible reservoir and with motorized pump for hydraulic power" (Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,583, issued on March 24, was assigned to PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.-PETROBRAS (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL-UFRGS (Porto Alegre, Brazil).

"System for traction inside pipes, with flexible reservoir and with motorized pump for hydraulic power" was invented by Hugo Francisco Lisboa Santos (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Rafael Antonio Comparsi Laranja (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Henrique Theissen Mendel (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Eduardo Andre Perondi (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Tiago Becker (Porto Alegre, Brazil) and Ney Robinson Salvi Dos Reis (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present in...