Ultrasonic cleaning system and method

US10018113B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Bernard Patrick Bewlay · Niskayuna, US
• Waseem Ibrahim Faidi · Clifton Park, US
• Peter William Lorraine · Niskayuna, US
• Mohamed Ahmed Ali · Halfmoon, US
• Siavash Yazdanfar · Niskayuna, US
• Ying Fan · Toronto, CA
• Edward James Nieters · Burnt Hills, US
• David Martin Mills · Niskayuna, US
• Nicole Jessica Tibbetts · Delanson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 11, 2015
• Grant date: Jul 10, 2018
• Expiry date: Aug 16, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T50/60
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A cleaning system and method use an ultrasound probe, a coupling mechanism, and a controller to clean equipment of a vehicle system. The ultrasound probe enters into an engine. The ultrasound probe emits ultrasound pulses and the coupling mechanism provides an ultrasound coupling medium between the ultrasound probe and one or more components of the engine. The controller drives the ultrasound probe to deliver the ultrasound pulse through the coupling medium to a surface of the one or more components of the engine. The ultrasound probe delivers the ultrasound pulse to remove deposits from the one or more components of the engine.