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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2019
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Deepak Trivedi, Halfmoon, NY (US);
Grover Andrew Bennett, Jr., Esperance, NY (US);
Sandeep Kumar, Bengaluru, IN;
Manoj Kumar Koyithitta Meethal, Bengaluru, IN;
David Mulford Shaddock, Troy, NY (US);
Andrew Crispin Graham, Badminton, GB;
Stephen Paul Leclerc, Jr., Lake Luzerne, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
An insertion apparatus for use with a rotary machine includes a body extending from an insertion end to a steering end and sized to fit within an annular cavity. The body has a first stiffness and curves along a circumference of the annular cavity as the insertion end travels through the annular cavity. The insertion apparatus also includes a stiffener coupled to the body and extending from the steering end to the insertion end. The stiffener has a second stiffness greater than the first stiffness. The insertion apparatus further includes at least one maintenance device coupled to the insertion end of the insertion apparatus and a displacement mechanism configured to adjust a position of the at least one maintenance device relative to the body.