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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
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.
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公开(公告)号：US11474339B2
公开(公告)日：2022-10-18
申请号：US16938036
申请日：2020-07-24
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Ethan Patrick O'Connor , David Scott Diwinsky , Wayne Ray Grady
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an optical adapter for an optical scope. The optical scope includes a tube defining a conduit. The optical adapter is coupled to an end of the tube. The optical adapter defines a proximate end and a distal end. The optical adapter includes a casing defining a longitudinal direction. The casing includes a first wall and a second wall, in which the first wall and the second wall define a first viewing port therebetween. The second wall defines a second viewing port. The optical adapter further includes a hinge coupled to the first wall, a reflecting lens defining a first end separated from a second end in the longitudinal direction, in which the first end is coupled to the hinge, and an actuator coupled to the first wall and to the second end of the reflecting lens. The actuator pivots the reflecting lens about the hinge from a retracted position adjacent to the first wall to an extended position toward the second wall.
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公开(公告)号：US11111813B2
公开(公告)日：2021-09-07
申请号：US15370360
申请日：2016-12-06
Applicant: General Electric Company
Abstract: A method for inspecting a gas turbine engine using a maintenance tool includes assembling a plurality of rail segments of a rail system of the maintenance tool within a core air flowpath of the gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section together defining at least in part the core air flowpath. The method also includes moving a maintenance head of the maintenance tool along the plurality of rail segments of the rail system to perform maintenance operations within the core air flowpath of the gas turbine engine.
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公开(公告)号：US20190383161A1
公开(公告)日：2019-12-19
申请号：US16008454
申请日：2018-06-14
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Andrew Crispin Graham , Lyle Timothy Rasch , Michael Dean Fullington , Wayne Ray Grady , David Scott Diwinsky
IPC: F01D21/00
Abstract: An engine assembly includes an engine including a component and defining an opening and an interior, the component including a first side and an opposite second side, the second side positioned within the interior of the engine. The engine assembly also includes an inspection tool having a first member including at least one of a receiver or a transmitter and directed at the first side of the component. The inspection tool also includes a second member including the other of the receiver or the transmitter and positioned at least partially within the interior of the engine and directed at the second side of the component to communicate a signal with the first member through the component, the second member being a robotic arm extending through the opening of the engine.
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公开(公告)号：US20190382138A1
公开(公告)日：2019-12-19
申请号：US16008510
申请日：2018-06-14
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Andrew Crispin Graham , Herbert Chidsey Roberts , Lyle Timothy Rasch , Michael Dean Fullington , Wayne Ray Grady , David Scott Diwinsky , Michael Todd Stowe
Abstract: A system is provided for performing an operation on a component of an engine. The component includes a first side positioned within an interior of the engine. The system includes a first robotic arm defining a first distal end and including a first utility member positioned at the first distal end, the first robotic arm moveable to the interior of the engine to a location operably adjacent to the first side of the component; and a second robotic arm defining a second distal end and including a second utility member positioned at the second distal end, the second robotic arm also moveable to the interior of the engine to facilitate the first and second utility members performing the operation on the component of the engine.
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公开(公告)号：US20180156132A1
公开(公告)日：2018-06-07
申请号：US15370398
申请日：2016-12-06
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Mehmet M. Dede , Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR. , David Scott Diwinsky , Wayne Ray Grady , Marc Metz , Gary Lee Ward
CPC classification number: F02C7/32 , B05B13/0627 , F01D25/285 , F02C3/04 , F05D2220/32 , F05D2230/72 , F05D2230/90 , F05D2240/35 , H04N7/181 , Y02T50/672
Abstract: A maintenance tool for gas turbine engine includes a rail system having a plurality of rail segments insertable through one or more inspection holes of the gas turbine engine for assembly within a core air flowpath of the gas turbine engine. The maintenance tool additionally includes a maintenance head movable along the plurality of rail segments of the rail system for performing maintenance operations within the core air flowpath.
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公开(公告)号：US20180156062A1
公开(公告)日：2018-06-07
申请号：US15370360
申请日：2016-12-06
Applicant: General Electric Company
Abstract: A method for inspecting a gas turbine engine using a maintenance tool includes assembling a plurality of rail segments of a rail system of the maintenance tool within a core air flowpath of the gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section together defining at least in part the core air flowpath. The method also includes moving a maintenance head of the maintenance tool along the plurality of rail segments of the rail system to perform maintenance operations within the core air flowpath of the gas turbine engine.
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公开(公告)号：US11654547B2
公开(公告)日：2023-05-23
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
CPC classification number: B25J9/065 , B25J9/08 , B25J9/1045 , B25J18/06 , B25J19/0054
Abstract: 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.
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公开(公告)号：US20210239010A1
公开(公告)日：2021-08-05
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
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.
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公开(公告)号：US10935460B2
公开(公告)日：2021-03-02
申请号：US16037308
申请日：2018-07-17
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Michael Todd Stowe , Herbert Chidsey Roberts , Lyle Timothy Rasch , Michael Dean Fullington , Wayne Ray Grady , David Scott Diwinsky
Abstract: A system for performing ultrasonic procedures within a turbomachine. The system includes a bladder and a probe assembly. The bladder includes a bladder body for positioning within the turbomachine. Further, the bladder is inflatable to at least partially define an ultrasonic tank within the turbomachine for containing a fluid medium. The probe assembly includes an extension member and ultrasonic transmitter coupled to or positioned within the extension member. The extension member is insertable into the ultrasonic tank for positioning the ultrasonic transmitter within the ultrasonic tank.
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