US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Feb. 24 for "360-degree sensor body for in-pipe robot system" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,269, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"360-degree sensor body for in-pipe robot system" was invented by Kurt Arthur Talke (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe-crawling robot comprising: a 360-degree sensor array mounted to a center body; first and second gimbal cradles rotatably connected to opposite sides of the center body; first and second wheel motors pivotally connected respectively to the first and second gimbal cradles, wherein the first and second wheel motors are respectively connected to first and second wheels; and a controller...