ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,891, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Baker Hughes Holdings LLC (Houston).
"Manipulating and inspecting large and heavy components" was invented by Michael Wustenbecker (Lutjensee, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scanning system includes first and second parallel rails. A gantry can span between the first rail and the second rail. The gantry can be movable along a length of the first rail and a length of the second rail. A vertical track can be mounted to the gantry. The vertical track can be movable with the gantry. A sample platform can coupled to the vertical track. The sample platform can be movable along the vertical ...