Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for maintaining pipes
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Application No.: US16751790Application Date: 2020-01-24
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Publication No.: US11796116B2Publication Date: 2023-10-24
- Inventor: Alexander Kyle Duncan , Todd William Danko , Justin Foehner , Yakov Polishchuk , Douglas R. Forman
- 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: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Main IPC: B08B9/027
- IPC: B08B9/027 ; F16L55/44 ; B08B9/049 ; F16L55/30 ; F16L55/32 ; B08B7/00 ; B08B9/051 ; F16L55/34 ; F16L55/48 ; F16L101/12 ; F16L101/20 ; F16L101/30

Abstract:
A system for use in maintaining a pipe having a sidewall is provided. The system includes a motorized apparatus sized to fit within the pipe and configured to travel along the pipe through an interior cavity. The motorized apparatus includes a plurality of leg assemblies coupled circumferentially around a body assembly. The body assembly includes an actuator assembly coupled to each leg assembly and configured to independently actuate each leg assembly to adjust a position of each leg assembly. The body assembly also includes at least one sensor configured to collect information associated with the position of each leg assembly. The body assembly also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the motorized apparatus and configured to receive the information from the sensor, and to determine at least one of a pipe diameter and a pitch of the motorized apparatus based on the information from the at least one sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210025535A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING PIPES Public/Granted day:2021-01-28
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