ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,744, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.-Petrobras; SERVIO NACIONAL DE APRENDIZAGEM (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and INDUSTRIAL DEPARTAMENTO REGIONAL DE SANTA CATARINA-SENAI/SC (Florianopolis, Brazil).

"System of anchoring by self-locking of woven fiber sleeves" was invented by Andre Viegas Wentz (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Lucas Bianco Garcia Da Silva (Porto Alegre, Brazil), Hugo Francisco Lisboa Santos (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Frederico Eggers (Porto Alegre, Brazil) and Enzo Costamilan (Porto Alegre, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Anchoring systems can be applied to connect a robotic system with its power supp...