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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2020
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Todd William Danko, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Mark John Zajkowski, Austerlitz, NY (US);
Don Mark Lipkin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/00 (2006.01); F04D 29/32 (2006.01); B23P 6/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 5/005 (2013.01); B23P 6/002 (2013.01); F04D 29/324 (2013.01); F05D 2230/72 (2013.01); F05D 2230/80 (2013.01); G02B 23/2476 (2013.01);
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.