公开(公告)号：US20250026317A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18906026

申请日：2024-10-03

Applicant: General Electric Company ,  Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited

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

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

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：US20240249521A1

公开(公告)日：2024-07-25

申请号：US18440609

申请日：2024-02-13

Applicant: General Electric Company ,  Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited

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

IPC: G06V20/20 ,  G06V40/20 ,  G08B7/06 ,  G09B5/06 ,  G09B19/00

CPC classification number: G06V20/20 ,  G06V40/20 ,  G08B7/06 ,  G09B5/06 ,  G09B19/003

Abstract: Systems and methods of servicing engines, an exemplary method of servicing an engine, the method including receiving, by one or more computing devices, information corresponding to one or more components of the engine; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a location of the one or more components of the engine with respect to a location of an augmented reality device; and presenting, in a current field of view display of the augmented reality device, at least a portion of the information corresponding to the one or more components of the engine, wherein the portion of the information includes a rendering of the one or more components, instructions regarding operations to be performed on the one or more components, directional arrows or contextual information associated with the one or more components, or any combination thereof.

公开(公告)号：US20240139951A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-02

申请号：US18384805

申请日：2023-10-27

Applicant: General Electric Company ,  Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited

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

IPC: B25J9/16 ,  B23P6/00 ,  B25J11/00 ,  B25J19/02 ,  F01D5/00 ,  G06Q10/20

CPC classification number: B25J9/1669 ,  B23P6/002 ,  B25J11/008 ,  B25J19/023 ,  F01D5/005 ,  G06Q10/20 ,  F05D2230/80

Abstract: Systems and methods of servicing engines including a method of servicing an engine, the method including navigating at least a portion of a robotic assembly to a location associated with the engine; applying, from the robotic assembly, a medium to one or more adjustable components of the engine while the engine is at an elevated temperature; waiting a duration of time; and with the robotic assembly, operating on the one or more adjustable components.

公开(公告)号：US11724335B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-15

申请号：US17668007

申请日：2022-02-09

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： David Scott Diwinsky ,  Michael Dean Fullington ,  Herbert Chidsey Roberts ,  Jacob Cole Hay ,  Stanley Louis Ream ,  Craig Thompson Walters

IPC: B23K26/064 ,  B23K26/14 ,  B23K26/06

CPC classification number: B23K26/0643 ,  B23K26/0648 ,  B23K26/1436 ,  B23K26/1438

Abstract: A system and method for automated laser ablation includes an end effector for performing laser ablation at a location with restricted access. The systems and methods of the present disclosure specifically provide for a miniature laser end effector which may be inserted through a port or bore in order to ablate the surface of an internal component of a complex assembly. In several embodiments of the present subject matter, the end effector is mounted on a machine and coupled to a laser system.

公开(公告)号：US11685051B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US17083693

申请日：2020-10-29

Applicant: General Electric Company ,  Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited

Inventor： Andrew Crispin Graham ,  David Scott Diwinsky

IPC: G06F19/00 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J11/00 ,  G06Q10/20 ,  F01D5/00 ,  B25J9/06 ,  B25J18/06

CPC classification number: B25J9/1687 ,  B25J9/06 ,  B25J9/1666 ,  B25J9/1669 ,  B25J9/1676 ,  B25J11/008 ,  B25J18/06 ,  F01D5/005 ,  G06Q10/20 ,  F05D2230/72 ,  F05D2230/80 ,  F05D2260/30 ,  Y02T50/60

Abstract: A robotic assembly for servicing equipment, the robotic assembly including an area configured to receive components associated with a workscope of the equipment; an environmental capture device configured to capture information associated with an environment in which the robotic assembly is disposed; and one or more computing devices configured to: locate the equipment in the environment; autonomously navigate the robotic assembly through the environment to the equipment; and autonomously adjust a position of the robotic assembly in response to the workscope.

公开(公告)号：US20220410411A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-29

申请号：US17903722

申请日：2022-09-06

Applicant: General Electric Company ,  OLIVER CRISPIN ROBOTICS LIMITED

Inventor： Andrew Crispin Graham ,  David Scott Diwinsky ,  Charles Burton Theurer

IPC: B25J18/06

Abstract: A mechanical arm assembly including a bendable arm. In some embodiments, the bendable arm includes a body including a plurality of links and a plurality of joints movably coupling the plurality of links; and a plurality of wires including one or more control wires. For example, the body encloses at least a portion of each of the plurality of wires and defines a plurality of openings with each wire in the plurality of wires extending through at least one respective opening of the plurality of openings. The one or more control wires may be moveably positioned within at least a portion of the body enclosing the one or more control wires. In some embodiments, each control wire terminates at a corresponding link. For example, a first control wire terminates at a first link and a second control wire terminates at a second link of the plurality of links.

公开(公告)号：US20220136406A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17083796

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: F01D25/00 ,  G08B7/06 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G09B19/00 ,  G09B5/06

Abstract: Systems and methods of servicing engines, an exemplary method of servicing an engine, the method including receiving, by one or more computing devices, information corresponding to one or more components of the engine; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a location of the one or more components of the engine with respect to a location of an augmented reality device; and presenting, in a current field of view display of the augmented reality device, at least a portion of the information corresponding to the one or more components of the engine, wherein the portion of the information includes a rendering of the one or more components, instructions regarding operations to be performed on the one or more components, directional arrows or contextual information associated with the one or more components, or any combination thereof.

公开(公告)号：US20220135254A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

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: B64F5/40 ,  B60S5/00 ,  B25J9/16

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：US11225869B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-18

申请号：US16556608

申请日：2019-08-30

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Herbert Chidsey Roberts ,  David Scott Diwinsky

IPC: F01D5/00 ,  B23P6/04 ,  F01D5/12

Abstract: Methods provided for remotely stopping a crack in a component of a gas turbine engine are provided, along with methods of remotely cleaning a surface area of a component of a gas turbine engine. The method can include inserting an integrated repair interface attached to a cable delivery system within a gas turbine engine; positioning the tip adjacent to a defect within a surface of the component; temporarily attaching the tip adjacent to the defect within the surface on the component; and drilling a hole into the base of the defect. An integrated repair interface is also provided.

公开(公告)号：US10988268B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-27

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

IPC: B64F5/40 ,  B25J9/06 ,  B25J9/16 ,  B25J11/00 ,  B25J13/08 ,  B25J15/00 ,  F01D25/00

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.