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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：US20220135006A1
公开(公告)日：2022-05-05
申请号：US17083634
申请日：2020-10-29
Applicant: General Electric Company , Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited
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.
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公开(公告)号：US20220134562A1
公开(公告)日：2022-05-05
申请号：US17083718
申请日：2020-10-29
Applicant: General Electric Company , Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited
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.
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公开(公告)号：US10861148B2
公开(公告)日：2020-12-08
申请号：US15966859
申请日：2018-04-30
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Wei Wang , Longyin Wen , Xiao Bian , Arpit Jain , David Scott Diwinsky , Bernard Patrick Bewlay
Abstract: A system includes a borescope and at least one processor. The borescope includes a camera configured to acquire an acquisition series of frames of at least one target component. The at least one processor is operably coupled to the camera, and is configured to acquire the acquisition series of frames from the camera; determine a blurriness metric value for each of the frames; select frames that satisfy a threshold for the blurriness metric value to form an inspection series of frames; and perform an inspection analysis for the at least one target component using the inspection series of frames.
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公开(公告)号：US20200246912A1
公开(公告)日：2020-08-06
申请号：US16263331
申请日：2019-01-31
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： David Scott Diwinsky , Michael Dean Fullington , Herbert Chidsey Roberts , Jacob Cole Hay , Stanley Louis Ream , Craig Thompson Walters
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 an automated machine and coupled to a laser system.
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公开(公告)号：US10726543B2
公开(公告)日：2020-07-28
申请号：US16201480
申请日：2018-11-27
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Xiao Bian , Steeves Bouchard , David Cantin , Stephane Harel , John Karigiannis , David Scott Diwinsky , Bernard Bewlay
Abstract: An inspection system includes one or more processors that obtain a first image of a work piece that has a fluorescent dye thereon in an ultraviolet (UV) light setting and a second image of the work piece in a visible light setting. The first and second images are generated by one or more imaging devices in the same position relative to the work piece. The one or more processors identify a candidate region of the first image based on a light characteristic of one or more pixels, and determine a corresponding candidate region of the second image that is at an analogous location as the candidate region of the first image. The one or more processors analyze both candidate regions to detect a potential defect on a surface of the work piece and a location of the potential defect relative to the surface of the work piece.
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公开(公告)号：US20200167905A1
公开(公告)日：2020-05-28
申请号：US16201480
申请日：2018-11-27
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Xiao Bian , Steeves Bouchard , David Cantin , Stephane Harel , John Karigiannis , David Scott Diwinsky , Bernard Bewlay
Abstract: An inspection system includes one or more processors that obtain a first image of a work piece that has a fluorescent dye thereon in an ultraviolet (UV) light setting and a second image of the work piece in a visible light setting. The first and second images are generated by one or more imaging devices in the same position relative to the work piece. The one or more processors identify a candidate region of the first image based on a light characteristic of one or more pixels, and determine a corresponding candidate region of the second image that is at an analogous location as the candidate region of the first image. The one or more processors analyze both candidate regions to detect a potential defect on a surface of the work piece and a location of the potential defect relative to the surface of the work piece.
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公开(公告)号：US10563510B2
公开(公告)日：2020-02-18
申请号：US15073796
申请日：2016-03-18
Applicant: General Electric Company
IPC: F01D5/00 , B23K9/235 , B23K9/167 , B23K9/04 , B23K9/173 , B23K9/32 , B23P6/00 , B23K101/00 , B23K103/18 , B64F5/40
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for preventing damage to one or more components of the gas turbine engine during a repair procedure. The method includes locating one or more gaps of one or more components of the gas turbine engine in the vicinity of the defect. Further, the method includes filling the one or more gaps with a filler material so as to prevent arcing over the gaps during repair. Thus, the method also includes applying an electrical discharge to the defect.
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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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