US Patent Issued to Gecko Robotics on Oct. 14 for "Systems, methods, and apparatus for inspection of a surface using sensor holder with dual linear phased array of ultra-sonic elements" (Texas, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,797, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Gecko Robotics Inc. (Pittsburgh).

"Systems, methods, and apparatus for inspection of a surface using sensor holder with dual linear phased array of ultra-sonic elements" was invented by Chase David (Montgomery, Texas), Michael A. Binger (Pittsburgh), Kevin Y. Low (Pittsburgh), Ryan DeSoto (Pearland, Texas), Brandon J. Reitz (Magnolia, Texas), Spencer Bowman (Pittsburgh), Edward A. Bryner (Pittsburgh) and Albert J. Biglan (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example payload for an inspection robot having a mounting rail to inspect an inspection surface, the payload including a wedge ele...