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Apparatus and method for inspecting technical devices using a borescope

US12247929B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG · DE

Inventors

Jan Oke Peters · Hamburg, DE
Michael Thies · Indianapolis, US
Thorsten Schueppstuhl · Hamburg, DE
Lukas Bath · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 9, 2021
Grant date	Mar 11, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 22, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2021/9542
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus is used for inspecting a technical device using a borescope. The apparatus has a repeatedly plastically deformable and elongated carrier which is guidable in a deforming unit. The deforming unit has a stationary guide configured to axially guide the carrier at an outlet end and an actuator which is designed to axially guide the carrier and can be moved in at least one direction perpendicular to the gap between the guide and the actuator in order selectively to apply a bending moment to the carrier guided by the guide and the actuator. A borescope head is arranged at that end of the carrier which protrudes from the outlet end of the deforming unit.

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