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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2023
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abdulwahab Halawani, Thuwal, SA;
Sahejad Patel, Thuwal, SA;
Fadl Abdellatif, Thuwal, SA;
Mohammed H. Alsheikh, Thuwal, SA;
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
Wheels have controllable suction devices for adhesion on surfaces. The wheel has an axle and an outer circumferential surface. The outer circumferential surface has a plurality of apertures and a plurality of stretchable materials. Each aperture has a respective stretchable material therein. Rotating the wheel moves a first stretchable material adjacent to a surface of a structure. A portion of the first stretchable material moves in the direction radial to the axle, to control adhesion of a portion of the outer circumferential surface to the surface of the structure. A method implements use of the wheel to adhere to the surface of the structure.