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Inspection and repair tool

US11679898B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

18Claims

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Assignees

General Electric Company · US
Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited · GB

Inventors

Todd William Danko · Niskayuna, US
Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni · Glenville, US
Margeaux Wallace · Niskayuna, US
Hrishikesh Keshavan · Clifton Park, US
Bernard Patrick Bewlay · Niskayuna, US
Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr. · Loveland, US
Michael Dean Fullington · Sharonville, US
Andrew Crispin Graham · Badminton, GB
Trevor Owen Hawke · Bristol, GB
Julian Matthew Foxall · Bristol, GB
Ahmed Mostafa ELKady · Sharonville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 15, 2020
Grant date	Jun 20, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 31, 2041

Classification

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

Abstract

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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