US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on Dec. 9 for "Adhesion devices for transport assemblies to engage non-metallic surfaces" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,956, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Adhesion devices for transport assemblies to engage non-metallic surfaces" was invented by Abdulwahab Halawani (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia), Sahejad Patel (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia), Maha Nour (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia) and Ayman Amer (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Adhesion devices for transport assemblies are configured to engage non-metallic surfaces. The transport assemblies can be wheels, such as omni-directional wheels, or can be a tractor tread assembly. The transport assembly is configured to move adjacent to a non-metallic surface of...