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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2014
Hitachi Energy Ltd, Zürich, CH;
Luiz V. Cheim, St. Charles, MO (US);
George Zhang, Windsor, CT (US);
Thomas Fuhlbrigge, Ellington, CT (US);
Harald Staab, Bavaria, DE;
William Eakins, Bloomfield, CT (US);
Gregory F. Rossano, Enfield, CT (US);
Biao Zhang, West Hartford, CT (US);
Poorvi Patel, Ballwin, MO (US);
Marek Budyn, Cracow, PL;
HITACHI ENERGY LTD, Zürich, CH;
Abstract
An inspection device for use in a fluid container having at least an opening includes a housing sized to fit through the opening. The housing has at least two fluid flow channels extending therethrough, each having an inlet and an outlet, and a pump maintained in the housing within each fluid flow channel. The pumps are selectively controlled to maneuver the housing within the fluid container. The inspection device continues with a method of in-situ inspection of a container having at least one opening to receive a fluid, that includes up-loading a virtual model of the container into a computer, inserting the device into the container, generating a position signal by the device and receiving the position signal on a computer. A virtual image of the device in the virtual model of the container is generated to determine an actual position of the device within the container.