Patent ID: 7733085

Claim:
An in-line inspection tool for inspecting a pipeline while traveling therethrough, the in-line inspection tool comprising: a sensor suite comprising a plurality of sensors, each sensor of the plurality of sensors generating a signal; a processor processing the signal generated by at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors to produce a processed signal; a memory device storing the signal generated by at least one sensor and the processed signal; and a canister housing the processor and memory device and comprising a canister body formed as a hollow cylinder extending along a central axis from a first end to a second end opposite the first end, a canister lid inserted within the first end of the canister body, an alignment mechanism preventing rotation of the canister lid with respect to the canister body about the central axis, and a retaining ring engaging via threads the first end of the canister body to maintain the canister lid within the first end of the canister body.