ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,542, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC NUCLEAR FIELD SERVICES FRANCE (Mondragon, France).

"Tool carrier comprising a wheel driving module, and tool carrier train" was invented by Vincent Lhermite (Chateauneuf le Rouge, France), Gregory Mas (Valreas, France) and Franck Pilisi (Saint Alexandre, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool carrier, and tool carrier train, includes a support frame and a driving module, mounted on the support frame, the driving module being configured to move the support frame along a direction, named driving direction X, the driving module including two wheels, one of the two wheel...