ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,938, issued on June 24, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).
"Operating a pipeline inspection gauge" was invented by Imran Sharif Vehra (Kingwood, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for a pipeline inspection gauge. The method may include disposing a pipeline inspection gauge in a pipeline. The pipeline inspection gauge may comprise one or more modules attached to each other and an orifice. The pipeline inspection gauge may further include a generator disposed within at least one of the one or more modules, a turbine connected to the generator through a shaft, and at least four wheels conne...