Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reconfigurable maintenance apparatus
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Application No.: US17014279Application Date: 2020-09-08
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Publication No.: US11248465B2Publication Date: 2022-02-15
- Inventor: Todd William Danko , Mark John Zajkowski , Don Mark Lipkin
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flanery LLP
- Main IPC: F01D5/00
- IPC: F01D5/00 ; F04D29/32 ; B23P6/00 ; G02B23/24

Abstract:
A reconfigurable maintenance apparatus includes a body configured to operate within a cavity. The body has a first shape in a first configuration and a second shape in a second configuration. The first configuration facilitates the body entering the cavity. The reconfigurable apparatus also includes at least one maintenance device operably coupled to the body. The second configuration facilitates the at least one maintenance device of the reconfigurable apparatus performing a maintenance operation.
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