ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,938, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to DOOSAN ENERBILITY Co. LTD. (Changwon, South Korea).

"Device and method for removing foreign object from heat transfer tube" was invented by Sungkyu Yang (Gimhae, South Korea), Hyunsang Kong (Changwon, South Korea), Deokil Kim (Changwon, South Korea), Kideok Seong (Changwon, South Korea), Yoo Yang (Busan, South Korea), Jaebong Lee (Changwon, South Korea) and Taebong Lee (Jinju, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed are device and method for removing a foreign object from a heat transfer tube, and the device includes a reel part configured to wind or unwind a connecting tube, a driv...