Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Maintenance assembly adaptable within gas turbine engine
- Patent Title (中): 维修组件适用于燃气涡轮发动机
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Application No.: US14335100Application Date: 2014-07-18
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Publication No.: US09540829B2Publication Date: 2017-01-10
- Inventor: Gaurav Pathak , Christopher Michael Robson
- Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
- Applicant Address: CH Baden
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
- Current Assignee Address: CH Baden
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: EP13177623 20130723
- Main IPC: E04G3/24
- IPC: E04G3/24 ; B66F3/35 ; F01D25/28 ; F02C7/00

Abstract:
The maintenance assembly, for workers to perform maintenance activities within a gas turbine engine, is capable of being arranged within a cavity, generally around a combustor, accessible from a manhole of the gas turbine engine. The maintenance assembly includes a platform, and an inflatable member cooperatively configured to the platform. The inflatable member is at a normal condition, when placed outside of the cavity, being at a deflated position and is at a working condition, when arranged within the cavity, being at inflated position so as to accommodate a shape coordinating the cavity in such a manner that the platform is advance within the cavity up to a predetermined level to enable the workers on the platform to reach at a predetermined position within the cavity to perform the maintenance activities.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150027811A1 MAINTENANCE ASSEMBLY ADAPTABLE WITHIN GAS TURBINE ENGINE Public/Granted day:2015-01-29
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