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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2019
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Deepak Trivedi, Halfmoon, NY (US);

Don Mark Lipkin, Niskayuna, NY (US);

Rebinth Jose Robin, Bengaluru, IN;

Shivakumar Basavanna, Bengaluru, IN;

Andrew Crispin Graham, Badminton, GB;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/00 (2006.01); B23P 6/00 (2006.01); G02B 23/24 (2006.01); G01M 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 25/00 (2013.01); B23P 6/002 (2013.01); G01M 15/14 (2013.01); G02B 23/2484 (2013.01); F05D 2230/72 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for use in servicing a turbomachine, the system including a first tubular body including an interior channel, and a second tubular body. 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 includes a tip end, and the second tubular body is translatable within the interior channel. The first tubular body and the second tubular body are rotatable to selectively orient the tip end in multiple degrees of freedom. The system also includes a steering cable extending from the tip end, wherein the steering cable biases the tip end for selective orientation in additional degrees of freedom.


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