ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,546, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Rail-mounted robot inspection system" was invented by Naoyuki Fujimoto (Addison, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implementations are described herein for operating rail-mounted robots in hazardous conditions. In various implementations, a rail-mounted robot configured to inspect a plant with an explosion proof area may include: an actuator to propel the rail-mounted robot along a rail; a battery to provide power to the actuator; a charger to draw power from a power terminal integral with the rail while the rail-mounted robot is in motion, and to charge the b...