公开(公告)号：US20220314430A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17219577

申请日：2021-03-31

Applicant: Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited ,  General Electric Company

Inventor： Andrew Crispin Graham ,  Tim Henri Ann Francois ,  Joanna Mechelle Jayawickrema ,  Wayne Ray Grady

IPC: B25J9/06 ,  B25J18/06 ,  B25J19/00 ,  B25J9/08 ,  B25J9/10

Abstract: Extension tools and methods of inserting extension tools within components are provided. For example, an extension tool has a proximal end and a distal end and comprises a plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable relative to one another and a support member defining the distal end and including a first wheel disposed at the distal end and a second wheel spaced apart from the first wheel. Additionally, or alternatively, an extension tool may comprise a plurality of windows defined in the plurality of sequentially arranged links. The windows are defined periodically along the plurality of sequentially arranged links such that a periodicity of the widows corresponds to a periodicity of a plurality of features of the component.

公开(公告)号：US20220137614A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17083658

申请日：2020-10-29

Applicant: General Electric Company ,  Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited

Inventor： Andrew Crispin Graham ,  David Scott Diwinsky

IPC: G05B23/02 ,  F01D5/00 ,  B23P6/00

Abstract: A method of servicing equipment, the method comprising: recording information associated with servicing of the equipment in view of a workscope at a first location; sending the recorded information to a node; receiving service input from a third party located at a second location different from the first location, the third party having prepared the service input in response to the recorded information on the node; and performing the service using the received service input.

公开(公告)号：US11084169B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-10

申请号：US15986952

申请日：2018-05-23

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Andrew Crispin Graham ,  Herbert Chidsey Roberts ,  David Scott Diwinsky ,  Julian Matthew Foxall

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B23P6/00 ,  B25J18/02

Abstract: A robotic arm assembly includes a robotic arm, a base, and a utility member, the robotic arm extending between a root end attached to the base and a distal end including the utility member. A method for controlling the robotic arm assembly includes: determining a position of the base, the root end, or both relative to the environment; determining a task position and orientation for the utility member within the environment; determining a three-dimensional constraint of the environment; and determining a path for the robotic arm through the environment based on each of the position of the base, the root end, or both relative to the environment, the task position and orientation for the utility member within the environment, and the three-dimensional constraint of the environment.

公开(公告)号：US20240388806A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-21

申请号：US18228217

申请日：2023-07-31

Applicant: General Electric Company ,  Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited

Inventor： Younkoo Jeong ,  Ambarish J. Kulkarni ,  Vamshi Krishna Reddy Kommareddy ,  Jonathan R. Hootman ,  Jean-Philippe Choinière ,  Marc-André Blouin ,  Andrew Crispin Graham ,  Byron Andrew Pritchard

IPC: H04N23/74 ,  H04N23/56 ,  H04N23/71 ,  H04N23/90

Abstract: An inspection system is provided. The inspection system includes a light source and a surface profile compensator. The light source illuminates a contoured surface of a part. The surface profile compensator causes light emitted from the light source to be distributed over an inspection area of the contoured surface according to a target light distribution.

公开(公告)号：US12139109B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-12

申请号：US17083634

申请日：2020-10-29

Applicant: General Electric Company ,  Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited

Inventor： Andrew Crispin Graham ,  David Scott Diwinsky ,  Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr.

IPC: B60S5/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G07C5/08 ,  F02C7/00 ,  G06N20/00

Abstract: A computer implemented method for servicing an engine including receiving information including an initial condition profile, CP1, of the engine; forming a workscope associated with a servicing operation of the engine in view of the initial condition profile, CP1; servicing the engine in view of the workscope; determining at least in part an updated condition profile, CP2, of the engine in view of information acquired during the service; and storing the updated condition profile, CP2, for use in a subsequent service operation.

公开(公告)号：US12031446B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-09

申请号：US17707380

申请日：2022-03-29

Applicant: General Electric Company ,  OLIVER CRISPIN ROBOTICS LIMITED

Inventor： Ambarish J. Kulkarni ,  Byron A. Pritchard ,  Andrew Crispin Graham ,  Todd William Danko ,  Bernard P. Bewlay ,  Henry Ng ,  Michael E. Eriksen

IPC: F01D25/00 ,  B08B1/16 ,  B08B1/20 ,  B08B1/32

CPC classification number: F01D25/002 ,  B08B1/165 ,  B08B1/20 ,  B08B1/32 ,  F05D2220/32 ,  F05D2230/72

Abstract: A servicing tool for a turbine engine and a method for using thereof are provided. A method includes inserting the tool into an access opening of the turbine engine, contacting a blade of the turbine engine, and removing material from the blade. The tool may comprise a wiper mount and a wiper, including a wiper surface, configured to contact and remove material from the blades. The tool may further comprise a body, an actuator, and fluid flowpaths for deploying the wiper and providing fluid locally to the blades of the turbine engine.

公开(公告)号：US11938907B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-26

申请号：US17083830

申请日：2020-10-29

Applicant: General Electric Company ,  Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited

Inventor： Andrew Crispin Graham ,  David Scott Diwinsky ,  Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. ,  Julian Matthew Foxall

IPC: B25J11/00 ,  B23P6/00 ,  B60S5/00 ,  F02C7/00

CPC classification number: B60S5/00 ,  B25J11/008 ,  B23P6/00 ,  F02C7/00 ,  F05D2230/72 ,  G06T2207/30164

Abstract: A robotic assembly configured to service an engine, wherein the robotic assembly includes an environmental capture device configured to provide information associated with an environment in which the engine is disposed to one or more computing devices, and wherein the one or more computing devices are configured to use the information to inspect the engine before and after repair operations associated with the service to check for repair equipment, or parts thereof, left in the engine after the repair.

公开(公告)号：US11915531B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-27

申请号：US17083546

申请日：2020-10-29

Applicant: General Electric Company ,  Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited

Inventor： Andrew Crispin Graham ,  David Scott Diwinsky ,  Julian Matthew Foxall

IPC: G07C5/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G07C5/08

CPC classification number: G07C5/008 ,  G05D1/0016 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G07C5/0808 ,  G07C5/0816

Abstract: Systems and methods of servicing equipment including determining, by one or more computing devices, a workscope associated with the equipment; and at least partially-autonomously servicing the equipment in response to the determined workscope.

公开(公告)号：US11702955B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-18

申请号：US16735191

申请日：2020-01-06

Applicant: General Electric Company ,  Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited

Inventor： Michael Robert Millhaem ,  Andrew Crispin Graham ,  Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. ,  David Scott Diwinsky ,  Jeremy Clyde Bailey ,  Michael Edward Eriksen ,  Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni

IPC: F01D25/00 ,  F02C7/30

CPC classification number: F01D25/002 ,  F02C7/30 ,  F05D2230/80

Abstract: A method of repairing a component of a gas turbine engine in situ, wherein the component includes a deposit, includes directing a flow of gas, which may be an oxygen-containing gas, to the deposit of the component; and heating the component including the deposit while the component is installed in the gas turbine engine and for a duration sufficient to substantially remove the deposit.

公开(公告)号：US11702953B2

公开(公告)日：2023-07-18

申请号：US16779837

申请日：2020-02-03

Applicant: General Electric Company ,  Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited

Inventor： Andrew Crispin Graham ,  David Scott Diwinsky ,  Ton Thu Lang Giang ,  Wayne Ray Grady

IPC: F01D21/00 ,  F01D5/00

CPC classification number: F01D21/003 ,  F01D5/005 ,  F05D2220/321 ,  F05D2220/323 ,  F05D2230/72 ,  F05D2240/12 ,  F05D2260/83

Abstract: A tool for performing inspection and/or maintenance operations on an engine defines a longitudinal direction and a tangential direction. The tool includes a base extending along the longitudinal direction and including a body, a first extension member extending from the body in the tangential direction at a first location, and a second extension member extending from the body in the tangential direction at a second location. The second location is spaced from the first location along the longitudinal direction. The tool also includes a pivot member rotatably coupled to the base and moveable between an insertion position in which the pivot member is oriented generally along the longitudinal direction and a deployed position in which the pivot member is oriented away from the longitudinal direction.