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公开(公告)号：US20210025533A1
公开(公告)日：2021-01-28
申请号：US16751655
申请日：2020-01-24
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Alexander Kyle Duncan , Todd William Danko , Justin Foehner , Yakov Polishchuk , Douglas R. Forman
Abstract: A motorized apparatus for use in maintaining a pipe having a sidewall is provided. The motorized apparatus includes a body assembly sized to fit within and to travel along an interior cavity of the pipe. The body assembly includes a first end and a second end and extending along a longitudinal axis. The body assembly also includes a plurality of leg assemblies coupled circumferentially around the body assembly. Each leg assembly includes a telescoping portion, a bias member coupled to the telescoping portion, and a drive mechanism configured to interact with the sidewall as the body assembly travels along the pipe. The body assembly also includes at least one sensor configured to collect data associated with a force between the sidewall and the drive mechanism, and an actuator assembly coupled to each leg assembly and configured to independently actuate each the leg assembly.
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公开(公告)号：US20190202059A1
公开(公告)日：2019-07-04
申请号：US15860367
申请日：2018-01-02
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Romano Patrick , John Hoare , Justin Foehner , Steven Gray , Shiraj Sen , Huan Tan
CPC classification number: B25J9/1679 , G05D1/0044 , G06F3/011 , Y10S901/44
Abstract: In accordance with certain implementations of the present approach, a reduced, element-by-element, data set is transmitted between a robot having a sensor suite and a control system remote from the robot that is configured to display a representation of the environment local to the robot. Such a scheme may be useful in allowing a human operator remote from the robot to perform an inspection using the robot while the robot is on-site with an asset and the operator is off-site. In accordance with the present approach, an accurate representation of the environment in which the robot is situated is provided for the operator to interact with.
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公开(公告)号：US11047368B2
公开(公告)日：2021-06-29
申请号：US16718904
申请日：2019-12-18
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： John Robert Hoare , Todd William Danko , Justin Foehner , Douglas R. Forman , Judith Ann Guzzo , Shiraj Sen
IPC: F03D80/50 , G06T19/00 , H04N13/282
Abstract: A system for use in maintaining a wind turbine blade includes a motorized apparatus sized to fit within an interior cavity of the wind turbine blade and configured to travel along a length of the wind turbine blade on an interior surface when the wind turbine blade is in a substantially horizontal position. The motorized apparatus includes a body, a drive system configured to move the body, and a camera coupled to the body. The camera is configured to capture at least one image of the interior surface. The system also includes a controller configured to map the at least one image onto a model of the interior surface. The system also includes an operator interface including a display device. The operator interface is configured to display the model on the display device and receive user input allowing an operator to interact with the model.
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公开(公告)号：US20210017963A1
公开(公告)日：2021-01-21
申请号：US16718904
申请日：2019-12-18
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： John Robert Hoare , Todd William Danko , Justin Foehner , Douglas R. Forman , Judith Ann Guzzo , Shiraj Sen
IPC: F03D80/50 , G06T19/00 , H04N13/282
Abstract: A system for use in maintaining a wind turbine blade includes a motorized apparatus sized to fit within an interior cavity of the wind turbine blade and configured to travel along a length of the wind turbine blade on an interior surface when the wind turbine blade is in a substantially horizontal position. The motorized apparatus includes a body, a drive system configured to move the body, and a camera coupled to the body. The camera is configured to capture at least one image of the interior surface. The system also includes a controller configured to map the at least one image onto a model of the interior surface. The system also includes an operator interface including a display device. The operator interface is configured to display the model on the display device and receive user input allowing an operator to interact with the model.
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公开(公告)号：US11598474B2
公开(公告)日：2023-03-07
申请号：US16751722
申请日：2020-01-24
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Alexander Kyle Duncan , Todd William Danko , Justin Foehner , Yakov Polishchuk , Douglas R. Forman
IPC: F16L55/34 , F16L55/44 , B08B9/049 , F16L55/30 , F16L55/32 , B08B7/00 , B08B9/051 , F16L55/48 , F16L101/12 , F16L101/20 , F16L101/30
Abstract: A motorized apparatus for use in maintaining a pipe includes at least one drive portion including a body assembly, a plurality of leg assemblies coupled circumferentially around the body assembly, a plurality of drive mechanisms coupled to the plurality of leg assemblies, and a drive portion coupling mechanism. The motorized apparatus also includes at least one maintenance portion including a body, at least one maintenance device coupled to the body, and a maintenance portion coupling mechanism configured to engage the drive portion coupling mechanism. The at least one drive portion is releasably coupled to the at least one maintenance portion by engaging the drive portion coupling mechanism with the maintenance portion coupling mechanism. The drive portion coupling mechanism and the maintenance portion coupling mechanism are each configured to engage another coupling mechanism when the drive portion coupling mechanism and the maintenance portion coupling mechanism are uncoupled from each other.
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公开(公告)号：US11585480B2
公开(公告)日：2023-02-21
申请号：US16751564
申请日：2020-01-24
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Alexander Kyle Duncan , Todd William Danko , Justin Foehner , Yakov Polishchuk , Douglas R. Forman
IPC: F16L55/18 , F16L55/44 , B08B9/049 , F16L55/30 , F16L55/32 , B08B7/00 , B08B9/051 , F16L55/34 , F16L55/48 , F16L101/12 , F16L101/20 , F16L101/30
Abstract: A system for use in maintaining a pipe having a sidewall is provided. The system includes a motorized apparatus sized to fit within the pipe and configured to travel along the pipe through an interior cavity. The motorized apparatus includes a plurality of leg assemblies each including a first leg portion, a second leg portion, and a joint rotatably coupling the first leg portion to the second leg portion. A drive mechanism coupled to the joint is configured to interact with the sidewall. The system also includes an actuator assembly configured to independently position each leg assembly relative to a body assembly to adjust a radial position of the joint of the associated leg assembly relative to the body assembly. The system also includes a controller configured to send instructions to the actuator assembly based at least in part on at least one of a dimension of the interior cavity and a desired force on the sidewall.
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公开(公告)号：US11560977B2
公开(公告)日：2023-01-24
申请号：US16751655
申请日：2020-01-24
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Alexander Kyle Duncan , Todd William Danko , Justin Foehner , Yakov Polishchuk , Douglas R. Forman
IPC: B08B9/00 , F16L55/44 , B08B9/049 , F16L55/30 , F16L55/32 , B08B7/00 , B08B9/051 , F16L55/34 , F16L55/48 , F16L101/12 , F16L101/20 , F16L101/30
Abstract: A motorized apparatus for use in maintaining a pipe having a sidewall is provided. The motorized apparatus includes a body assembly sized to fit within and to travel along an interior cavity of the pipe. The body assembly includes a first end and a second end and extending along a longitudinal axis. The body assembly also includes a plurality of leg assemblies coupled circumferentially around the body assembly. Each leg assembly includes a telescoping portion, a bias member coupled to the telescoping portion, and a drive mechanism configured to interact with the sidewall as the body assembly travels along the pipe. The body assembly also includes at least one sensor configured to collect data associated with a force between the sidewall and the drive mechanism, and an actuator assembly coupled to each leg assembly and configured to independently actuate each the leg assembly.
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公开(公告)号：US11487350B2
公开(公告)日：2022-11-01
申请号：US15860367
申请日：2018-01-02
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Romano Patrick , John Hoare , Justin Foehner , Steven Gray , Shiraj Sen , Huan Tan
Abstract: In accordance with certain implementations of the present approach, a reduced, element-by-element, data set is transmitted between a robot having a sensor suite and a control system remote from the robot that is configured to display a representation of the environment local to the robot. Such a scheme may be useful in allowing a human operator remote from the robot to perform an inspection using the robot while the robot is on-site with an asset and the operator is off-site. In accordance with the present approach, an accurate representation of the environment in which the robot is situated is provided for the operator to interact with.
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公开(公告)号：US20210025536A1
公开(公告)日：2021-01-28
申请号：US16751564
申请日：2020-01-24
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： Alexander Kyle Duncan , Todd William Danko , Justin Foehner , Yakov Polishchuk , Douglas R. Forman
Abstract: A system for use in maintaining a pipe having a sidewall is provided. The system includes a motorized apparatus sized to fit within the pipe and configured to travel along the pipe through an interior cavity. The motorized apparatus includes a plurality of leg assemblies each including a first leg portion, a second leg portion, and a joint rotatably coupling the first leg portion to the second leg portion. A drive mechanism coupled to the joint is configured to interact with the sidewall. The system also includes an actuator assembly configured to independently position each leg assembly relative to a body assembly to adjust a radial position of the joint of the associated leg assembly relative to the body assembly. The system also includes a controller configured to send instructions to the actuator assembly based at least in part on at least one of a dimension of the interior cavity and a desired force on the sidewall.
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公开(公告)号：US20200326706A1
公开(公告)日：2020-10-15
申请号：US16845611
申请日：2020-04-10
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor： John Robert Hoare , Justin Foehner , Steven Robert Gray , Yewteck Tan
Abstract: A system includes at least one unmanned aerial vehicle and at least one unmanned vehicle communicatively coupled to the unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a propulsion system and an onboard pilot system configured to determine a flight path for the unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned vehicle includes a propulsion system and a localization system configured to determine a location of the unmanned aerial vehicle relative to the unmanned vehicle. The unmanned vehicle further includes a communication component configured to transmit location information to the unmanned aerial vehicle. The onboard pilot system is configured to determine the flight path based on the location information provided by the unmanned vehicle.
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