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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2015
Ulc Robotics, Inc., Hauppauge, NY (US);
G. Gregory Penza, Old Field, NY (US);
Robert E. Kodadek, Long Beach, NY (US);
Michael Passaretti, Smithtown, NY (US);
Michael Hauser, East Rockaway, NY (US);
Eric S. Feldman, Glen Head, NY (US);
Benjamin Lagosz-Sinclair, Brooklyn, NY (US);
ULC Robotics, Inc., Hauppauge, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for pipeline maintenance may include a payload and a transport module having the payload attached thereto. The transport module may include a plurality of movable arms each having at least one respective wheel. At least some of the wheels may be drive wheels which are operable in a first orientation to drive the transport module linearly along a length of a pipeline, and are further operable in a second orientation to drive the transport module circumferentially around an inner surface of the pipeline. At least some of the arms are operable to move the payload in a generally radial direction toward and away from an interior surface of the pipeline.