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Instrumentation rake assembly

US8944678B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

19Claims

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Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Zachary John Snider · Simpsonville, US
Sylvain Pierre · Greer, US
Kurt Kramer Schleif · Dearborn, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 13, 2011
Grant date	Feb 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 10, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01K2205/04
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An instrumentation rake assembly comprises a rake tower capped at an immersed end and mated to a lead carrier at a base end. The rake tower comprises a curved wall oriented along a longitudinal axis and supporting a plurality of probe holders. The curved wall has an inner surface defining an internal passage for carrying instrumentation from the probe holders to the lead carrier. In another aspect, an instrumentation rake assembly comprises a plurality of rake towers, each having a base end and an immersed end, and each rake tower being coupled at its immersed end to one or more other rake towers.

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