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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2018
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Todd William Danko, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ramvineeth Nitta, Orlando, FL (US);
Kori Unhee Macdonald, Colonie, NY (US);
Yakov Polishchuk, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Robert Edward Huth, Greenville, SC (US);
Don Mark Lipkin, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A service apparatus for use in maintaining a machine including a stator and a rotor is provided. The service apparatus includes a carriage assembly configured to couple to the rotor. The service apparatus is selectively transitionable between a stowed position in which the service apparatus is rotatable with the rotor and an extended position in which the service apparatus is extended toward the stator. The service apparatus also includes at least one maintenance device coupled to the carriage assembly. The at least one maintenance device is operable to perform a maintenance operation on a surface of the stator with the service apparatus in the extended position.