ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,431, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Ferret Tools Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Inspection cameras, systems and methods" was invented by Andrew James Wigney (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inspection camera system includes a camera unit and one or more accessory tools. The camera is mounted in a camera housing. A primary attachment and a secondary attachment act together to provide a reliable attachment of an accessory tool to the camera housing. The accessory tool is removable from the camera housing by disengagement of the secondary and primary attachments. The primary attachment arrangement alone, in...