公开(公告)号：US12195202B1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-14

申请号：US18423657

申请日：2024-01-26

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Satya Mohan Vamsi Andalam ,  Vivek Janu ,  Vamshi Krishna Reddy Kommareddy ,  Sandeep Kumar

IPC: B64F5/60 ,  B64F5/40 ,  F01D21/00 ,  G01N21/95

Abstract: An apparatus for servicing internal components of an aircraft engine includes a flexible hollow tube; a latching mechanism connected to or incorporated with the flexible hollow tube; and a servicing device to be inserted through the flexible hollow tube. The servicing device is freely moveable through the flexible hollow tube and decoupled from the latching mechanism. The flexible hollow tube is shaped and configured so as to enable proximate positioning of the flexible hollow tube with respect to a rotatable component of an aircraft engine allowing attachment of the flexible hollow tube to the rotatable component via the latching mechanism after the flexible hollow tube is inserted through an entry port of the aircraft engine.