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Imaging system for inspecting components of turbomachines and method of assembly thereof

US10533901B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

12References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Guanghua Wang · Clifton Park, US
Nirm Velumylum Nirmalan · Niskayuna, US
Mohamed Sakami · Sharonville, US
Thomas Charles Adcock · Glenville, US
Jeffrey Jay Porubcan · Averill Park, US
James William Sears · Niskayuna, US
Naveenan Thiagarajan · Schenectady, US
Bernard Patrick Bewlay · Niskayuna, US
Jason Edward Dees · Ballston Lake, US
James Peter DeLancey · Corinth, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 6, 2017
Grant date	Jan 14, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 19, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T50/60
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An imaging system includes a sight tube extending along a longitudinal axis of the imaging system and configured to extend through an access port. The sight tube includes a wall extending about the longitudinal axis and defining a cavity. The imaging system also includes a plurality of cooling channels extending through the sight tube. The plurality of cooling channels are configured to direct cooling fluid through the sight tube for cooling the imaging system. The plurality of cooling channels are formed in the sight tube such that at least one cooling channel of the plurality of cooling channels extends in a direction oblique to the longitudinal axis.

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