MUMBAI, India, April 20 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202441078341 A) filed by Jain, Bangalore, Karnataka, on Oct. 15, 2024, for 'device for removing a broken bolt.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Sujai S.

The application for the patent was published on April 17, under issue no. 16/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A device for removing a broken bolt, comprising a rectangular frame 1 having a pair of electromagnets at its bottom surface, for gripping a surface around the broken bolt, an iris hole 2 configured with the frame 1 for positioning the broken bolt in the iris hole 2, a welding torch 3 configured with the frame 1 for welding the nut with the bolt, a motorized wrench 4 configured with the frame 1 for engaging with the welded nut and rotating the nut to remove the bolt, an artificial intelligence-based imaging unit 5 installed on the frame 1 to determine a stripped nut placed in the iris hole 2, a speaker 6 provided on the frame 1 to generate an audio alert for a user regarding a changing of the nut and a microphone 7 provided on the frame 1 for receiving an audio command from the user."

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