US Patent Issued to Universitat Kassel on June 23 for "Movement device for progressive movement on the surface of a body around which a fluid passes" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,221, issued on June 23, was assigned to Universitat Kassel (Kassel, Germany).

"Movement device for progressive movement on the surface of a body around which a fluid passes" was invented by Thomas Schomberg (Kassel, Germany) and Florian Gerland (Niestetal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A movement device is for progressive movement on the surface of a body around which a fluid passes, such as a hull, a rotor blade, a rudder, a tubular body or the like. The movement device has a retaining system for adhesion of the movement device on the surface, a traction system for providing a course for the movement device on the surface, ...