公开(公告)号：WO2019133112A3

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：PCT/US2018/059577

申请日：2018-11-07

Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Inventor： KOMMAREDDY, Vamshi Krishna Reddy ,  KUMAR, Vinod Padmanabhan ,  MISHRA, Debasish ,  GRADY, Wayne Ray ,  VENKATARAMANI, Vidya ,  BASAVANNA, Shivakumar ,  SARAVANAN, Vaira

IPC: F01D21/00 ,  F01D5/28

Abstract: A positioning device (102) is presented. The positioning device (102) includes an articulation assembly (128) including a tubular structure (150) including an aperture at a distal end and a first connector (134, 504) on an outer surface. Also, the articulation assembly (128) includes a focus unit (136) disposed within the tubular structure (150) at the distal end. Further, the positioning device (102) includes a fixture including a channel (602) and a second connector (614) disposed on an inner surface of the channel (602), wherein the channel (602) is configured to receive the articulation assembly (128) and guide at least a portion of the articulation assembly (128) including the focus unit (136) to pass through the fixture, and wherein the second connector (614) is configured to inter-lock with the first connector (134) of the tubular structure (150) so as to position the focus unit (136) at a predetermined location.

公开(公告)号：WO2019133112A2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-04

申请号：PCT/US2018/059577

申请日：2018-11-07

Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

Inventor： KOMMAREDDY, Vamshi Krishna Reddy ,  KUMAR, Vinod Padmanabhan ,  MISHRA, Debasish ,  GRADY, Wayne Ray ,  VENKATARAMANI, Vidya ,  BASAVANNA, Shivakumar ,  SARAVANAN, Vaira

Abstract: A positioning device (102) is presented. The positioning device (102) includes an articulation assembly (128) including a tubular structure (150) including an aperture at a distal end and a first connector (134, 504) on an outer surface. Also, the articulation assembly (128) includes a focus unit (136) disposed within the tubular structure (150) at the distal end. Further, the positioning device (102) includes a fixture including a channel (602) and a second connector (614) disposed on an inner surface of the channel (602), wherein the channel (602) is configured to receive the articulation assembly (128) and guide at least a portion of the articulation assembly (128) including the focus unit (136) to pass through the fixture, and wherein the second connector (614) is configured to inter-lock with the first connector (134) of the tubular structure (150) so as to position the focus unit (136) at a predetermined location.

公开(公告)号：EP3808944A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-21

申请号：EP20201115.1

申请日：2020-10-09

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： TRIVEDI, Deepak ,  LIPKIN, Don Mark ,  ROBIN, Rebinth Jose ,  BASAVANNA, Shivakumar ,  GRAHAM, Andrew Crispin

IPC: F01D21/00 ,  F01D5/00 ,  F01D25/28 ,  G02B23/00 ,  B23P6/00

Abstract: A system for use in servicing a turbomachine, the system including a first tubular body (128) including an interior channel (132), and a second tubular body (130). The first and second tubular bodies are bendable between a neutral shape and a biased shape. The bodies are bent when in the neutral shape. The second tubular body (130) includes a tip end (146), and the second tubular body (130) is translatable within the interior channel (132). The first tubular body (128) and the second tubular body (130) are rotatable to selectively orient the tip end (146) in multiple degrees of freedom. The system also includes a steering cable (158) extending from the tip end (146), wherein the steering cable (158) biases the tip end (146) for selective orientation in additional degrees of freedom.