Autonomous robotic crawler for in-pipe inspection

Simple item page
dc.contributor.assigneeRice Universityen_US
dc.contributor.assigneeUniversity of Houston Clear Lakeen_US
dc.contributor.publisherUnited States Patent and Trademark Officeen_US
dc.creatorGhorbel, Fathi Hassanen_US
dc.creatorDabney, James Brusteren_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-04T19:05:43Z
dc.date.available2015-05-04T19:05:43Z
dc.date.filed2003-12-08en_US
dc.date.issued2007-02-27en_US
dc.description.abstractThe specification discloses a robot for inspection adapted to travel virtually unlimited distances through small-diameter enclosed spaces such as conduits or ducts, preferably using a fluid-driven screw-drive propulsion system. The robot preferably includes a plurality of wheels inclined at an angle greater than zero degrees and less than ninety degrees to the longitudinal axis of the pipe, a plurality of wheels aligned parallel to the longitudinal axis of the pipe, and a power system for causing relative rotation of the sections bearing the pitched and non-pitched wheels. The robot may include internal fluid flow passages, notched wheels, multiple retractable wheels, and is configured so as to have an operating diameter less than six and preferably less than two inches.en_US
dc.digitization.specificationsThis patent information was downloaded from the US Patent and Trademark website (http://www.uspto.gov/) as image-PDFs. The PDFs were OCRed for access purposes.en_US
dc.format.extent13 ppen_US
dc.identifier.citationGhorbel, Fathi Hassan and Dabney, James Bruster, "Autonomous robotic crawler for in-pipe inspection." Patent US7182025B2. issued 2007-02-27. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1911/79935.
dc.identifier.patentIDUS7182025B2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/79935
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.titleAutonomous robotic crawler for in-pipe inspectionen_US
dc.typeUtility patenten_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.genrepatentsen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
US7182025B2.pdf
Size:
999.75 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
Collections
Rice Patents