ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,058, issued on June 10, was assigned to John Gjerde AS (Gjerdsvika, Norway).
"Wiper tool" was invented by Bjornar Kleiven (Ulsteinvik, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool (1) comprises a body (40) having a through-going opening (9) and one or more elongate flexible elements (12, 22). The tool comprises a movable element (30) with an associated drive unit (6) and at least one control unit (11, 21). The elongate flexible elements (12, 22) are connected at one end to the movable element (30) and at another end to a control unit (11, 21), and the movable element is configured to extend at least a portion of at least one of the e...