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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2020
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited, Altrincham, GB;
Julian Matthew Foxall, Bristol, GB;
Trevor Owen Hawke, Bristol, GB;
Andrew Crispin Graham, Badminton, GB;
Chiara Mellucci, Bristol, GB;
Todd William Danko, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni, Glenville, NY (US);
Michael Dean Fullington, West Chester, OH (US);
Margeaux Wallace, Niskayuna, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An insertion tool is provided for an engine defining an access opening and including a component defining at least in part a cavity. The insertion tool includes: an insertion tool arm having a plurality of segments, the insertion tool arm configured for insertion through the access opening into the cavity and the plurality of segments configured to be in a fixed position relative to one another within the cavity; and a base coupled to the insertion tool arm and configured to be positioned outside the cavity and to move the insertion tool arm along at least two degrees of freedom.