US Patent Issued to SeeScan on July 22 for "Inner drum module with push-cable interface for pipe inspection" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,944, issued on July 22, was assigned to SeeScan Inc. (San Diego).

"Inner drum module with push-cable interface for pipe inspection" was invented by David C. Parsons (San Marcos, Calif.), Mark S. Olsson (La Jolla, Calif.), Michael J. Martin (San Diego), Alexander L. Warren (Escondido, Calif.) and Andrew P. Corvin (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pipe inspection system includes a cable storage drum and a housing configured to removably receive and rotatably support the cable storage drum. A push-cable with a plurality of conductors is stored in the drum. An inspection camera may be attached to a distal end of the push-cable....