Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pipeline sensor carrier
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Application No.: US16006451Application Date: 2018-06-12
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Publication No.: US10533914B2Publication Date: 2020-01-14
- Inventor: Volker Frueh
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
- Main IPC: G01N29/265
- IPC: G01N29/265 ; F16L55/40 ; G01M3/00 ; G01N29/04 ; G01N29/22 ; G01N29/24 ; F17D5/06 ; G01M3/24

Abstract:
A sensor carrier module for use in a pipeline pig may include a plurality of skids arranged about an axis of the sensor carrier module, and a flexible section. Each skid typically includes an upstream end, a downstream end, and at least one sensor between the upstream end and the downstream end. Each sensor may be configured to sense a parameter of a wall of a pipeline. The flexible section may be attached to the downstream ends of the skids and to a flange. The flexible section may include wheels configured to roll along the interior surface of the pipeline as the sensor carrier module passes through the pipeline, and a force system to apply a radial force that urges the wheels to interface with the interior surface of the pipeline.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180292285A1 PIPELINE SENSOR CARRIER Public/Granted day:2018-10-11
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