US Patent Issued to Gecko Robotics on Sept. 23 for "High temperature compliant wheels for an inspection robot" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,586, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Gecko Robotics Inc. (Pittsburgh).

"High temperature compliant wheels for an inspection robot" was invented by Dillon R. Jourde (Pittsburgh), Michael A. Binger (Pittsburgh) and Michael Stephen Auda (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "High temperature compliant wheels for an inspection robot are described. An example wheel may have a first non-ferrous wheel enclosure including a first outer surface having a serration texture, a second non-ferrous wheel enclosure including a second outer surface having the serration texture, and a magnetic hub interposed between the first non-ferrous whee...