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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:
Aug. 29, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2021
Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Mehmet M. Dede, Liberty Township, OH (US);

Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr., Loveland, OH (US);

David Scott Diwinsky, West Chester, OH (US);

Wayne Ray Grady, Hamilton, OH (US);

Marc Metz, Enon, OH (US);

Gary Lee Ward, Pleasant Hill, OH (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/32 (2006.01); F02C 3/04 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); F01D 25/28 (2006.01); B05B 13/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/32 (2013.01); F01D 25/285 (2013.01); F02C 3/04 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01); B05B 13/0627 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2230/72 (2013.01); F05D 2230/90 (2013.01); F05D 2240/35 (2013.01); Y02T 50/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

A maintenance tool for gas turbine engine includes a rail system having a plurality of rail segments insertable through one or more inspection holes of the gas turbine engine for assembly within a core air flowpath of the gas turbine engine. The maintenance tool additionally includes a maintenance head movable along the plurality of rail segments of the rail system for performing maintenance operations within the core air flowpath.


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