Extension tool

US11654547B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• General Electric Company · US
• Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited · GB

Inventors

• Andrew Crispin Graham · Badminton, GB
• Tim Henri Ann Francois · Parkfield, GB
• Joanna Mechelle Jayawickrema · Mason, US
• Wayne Ray Grady · Hamilton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 2021
• Grant date: May 23, 2023
• Expiry date: Mar 31, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B25J19/0054
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An extension tool has a proximal end and a distal end and comprises a plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable relative to one another and a support member defining the distal end and including a first wheel disposed at the distal end and a second wheel spaced apart from the first wheel. Additionally, or alternatively, an extension tool may comprise a plurality of windows defined in the plurality of sequentially arranged links. The windows are defined periodically along the plurality of sequentially arranged links such that a periodicity of the widows corresponds to a periodicity of a plurality of features of the component.