Maintenance system and method

US12056669B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Eaton Intelligent Power Limited · IE

Inventors

• Karthikeyan S. Chokappa · Pune, IN
• Samuel Lazarus · New York, US
• Steve D. Townes, Jr. · Arlington, US
• Sukhbir Kashyap · Sindhar, IN
• Galen Chui · Ladera Ranch, US
• Aniruddh S. Deshpande · Pune, IN
• Anil B. Ghegade · Pune, IN
• Mijaz Mukundan · Thalore, IN
• Andrew M. Laskovy · Auburn Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 26, 2020
• Grant date: Aug 6, 2024
• Expiry date: Jan 10, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T7/0006
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A maintenance method for servicing a component includes generating, via an electronic control unit, a digital model of the component, detecting, via the electronic control unit, a defect of the component, classifying, via the electronic control unit, the defect as a defect type, and evaluating the defect to determine, according to the defect type, whether to repair the defect or to replace a section of the component containing the defect. A maintenance system for servicing components may include a scanner and an ECU configured to create a digital model of a component, detect a defect of the component from the digital model and/or three-dimensional data of the component, classify the defect as a defect type of a plurality of defect types, and/or evaluate the defect according to the defect type.