US Patent Issued to Pipesnake AS on Sept. 23 for "Apparatus for propulsion and operations inside a cylindrical body" (Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,083, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Pipesnake AS (Evje, Norway).

"Apparatus for propulsion and operations inside a cylindrical body" was invented by Ivar Haukom (Evje, Norway) and Trond Skagestad (Godvik, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for propulsion and operations inside a cylindrical body, such as a pipeline comprises a central shaft, at least one motor and motor control unit, a number of wheels arranged to rotate round the shaft with a tilted angle, and a sensor module comprising sensors. The position of the wheels with respect to the shaft can be changed by means of an eccentric drive. The wheels are con...