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公开(公告)号:US20230271723A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-31
申请号:US18144050
申请日:2023-05-05
发明人: Todd William Danko , Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni , Margeaux Wallace , Hrishikesh Keshavan , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR. , Michael Dean Fullington , Andrew Crispin Graham , Trevor Owen Hawke , Julian Matthew Foxall , Ahmed M. ELKady
CPC分类号: B64F5/40 , B05B15/68 , B05B15/70 , B05B12/124 , G01N21/8851 , G01N21/954
摘要: A method for inspecting and repairing a surface of a component of a gas turbine engine, the method including: inserting an inspection and repair tool into an interior of the gas turbine engine; inspecting the surface of the component with the inspection and repair tool; performing a repair of the surface of the component with the inspection and repair tool from within the interior of the gas turbine engine, the inspection and repair tool remaining within the interior of the gas turbine engine between inspecting the component and performing the repair of the surface of the component.
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公开(公告)号:US20240159162A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-16
申请号:US18420402
申请日:2024-01-23
发明人: Mandar Diwakar Godbole , Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR. , Kirti Arvind Petkar , Vamshi Krishna Reddy Kommareddy , Sandeep Kumar , Andrew Crispin Graham
CPC分类号: F01D21/003 , G01M15/14 , G06T7/001 , G06T7/60 , F05D2260/80 , F05D2270/8041 , G06T2207/30164
摘要: A system and method of using a tool assembly is provided. The system includes a body, a first camera and a second camera fixed to the body, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive data indicative of images of a reference feature from the first camera, determine data indicative of a first spatial position of the first camera based at least in part on the received data indicative of the images of the reference feature, and determine data indicative of a second spatial position of the second camera based on the first spatial position, a known spatial relationship between the first location and the second location, or both. Further, the controller may be configured to receive data indicative of images of a target feature using the second camera, derive dimensions of the target feature based on the images, and generate a three-dimensional representation of the target feature.
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公开(公告)号:US20220389834A1
公开(公告)日:2022-12-08
申请号:US17889629
申请日:2022-08-17
发明人: Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR. , Keith Anthony Lauria , Erica Elizabeth Sampson , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni , Michael Robert Millhaem , William Francis Navojosky , Nicole Jessica Tibbetts , Gongguan Wang , Andrew Crispin Graham
摘要: Systems and methods for treating a component of an installed and assembled gas turbine engine are provided. Accordingly, the method includes operably coupling a delivery assembly to an annular inlet of a core gas turbine engine. A portion of treating fluid is atomized with the delivery assembly to develop a treating mist having a plurality of atomized droplets. The atomized droplets are suspended within any path of the core gas turbine engine from the annular inlet to an axial position downstream of a compressor of the core gas turbine engine. A portion of the treating mist is impacted or precipitated onto the component so as to wet the component, and a portion of the deposits on the component is dissolved by the treating mist.
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公开(公告)号:US20220138699A1
公开(公告)日:2022-05-05
申请号:US17083600
申请日:2020-10-29
发明人: Andrew Crispin Graham , David Scott Diwinsky , Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR. , Julian Matthew Foxall
摘要: A method of servicing aviation equipment including at least partially-autonomously inspecting components of the equipment using an environmental capture device, wherein at least partially-autonomous inspection includes: capturing information associated with the equipment using the environmental capture device; identifying the components of the equipment using one or more computing devices; determining, by the one or more computing devices, whether each identified component is properly positioned relative to the equipment using reference information; and for components not properly positioned relative to the equipment, determining if there is damage to the component or equipment.
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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
摘要: 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
摘要: 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:US20220090516A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-24
申请号:US17220112
申请日:2021-04-01
发明人: Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR. , Keith Anthony Lauria , Erica Elizabeth Sampson , Bernard Patrick Bewlay , Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni , Michael Robert Millhaem , William Francis Navojosky , Nicole Jessica Tibbetts , Gongguan Wang , Andrew Crispin Graham
摘要: Systems and methods for treating a component of an installed and assembled gas turbine engine are provided. Accordingly, the method includes operably coupling a delivery assembly to an annular inlet of a core gas turbine engine. A portion of treating fluid is atomized with the delivery assembly to develop a treating mist having a plurality of atomized droplets. The atomized droplets are suspended within any path of the core gas turbine engine from the annular inlet to an axial position downstream of a compressor of the core gas turbine engine. A portion of the treating mist is impacted or precipitated onto the component so as to wet the component, and a portion of the deposits on the component is dissolved by the treating mist.
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公开(公告)号:US20240198979A1
公开(公告)日:2024-06-20
申请号:US18591893
申请日:2024-02-29
发明人: Andrew Crispin Graham , David Scott Diwinsky , Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR. , Julian Matthew Foxall
CPC分类号: B60S5/00 , B25J11/008 , B23P6/00 , F02C7/00 , F05D2230/72 , G06T2207/30164
摘要: 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.
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公开(公告)号:US20240011413A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-11
申请号:US18328076
申请日:2023-06-02
发明人: Michael Robert Millheam , Andrew Crispin Graham , Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR. , David Scott Diwinsky , Jeremy Clyde Bailey , Michael Edward Eriksen , Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni
IPC分类号: F01D25/00
CPC分类号: F01D25/002 , F02C7/30
摘要: 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.
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公开(公告)号:US20230024295A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-26
申请号:US17471923
申请日:2021-09-10
发明人: Mandar Diwakar Godbole , Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR. , Kirti Arvind Petkar , Vamshi Krishna Reddy Kommareddy , Sandeep Kumar , Andrew Crispin Graham
摘要: A system and method of using a tool assembly is provided. The system includes a body, a first camera and a second camera fixed to the body, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive data indicative of images of a reference feature from the first camera, determine data indicative of a first spatial position of the first camera based at least in part on the received data indicative of the images of the reference feature, and determine data indicative of a second spatial position of the second camera based on the first spatial position, a known spatial relationship between the first location and the second location, or both. Further, the controller may be configured to receive data indicative of images of a target feature using the second camera, derive dimensions of the target feature based on the images, and generate a three-dimensional representation of the target feature.
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