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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2024
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Shuonan Dong, Seattle, WA (US);
Silas Studley, Redmond, WA (US);
Keegan Bray, Federal Way, WA (US);
Jonathan Ahn, Seattle, WA (US);
Wade Marquette, Seattle, WA (US);
Kyle Schultz, Seattle, WA (US);
Naga Vamsi Krishna Jonnalagadda, Seattle, WA (US);
Benjamin Wong, Seattle, WA (US);
Joseph Garbini, Seattle, WA (US);
Santosh Devasia, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A channel crawler has a carriage, a stabilizing mechanism, and a deployment mechanism. The carriage has wheels configured to engage surfaces that define a channel through which the carriage is configured to move. The stabilizing mechanism is configured to extend from the carriage and engage a non-horizontal surface of the channel in a manner restricting unintended movement of the carriage in one or more directions. The deployment mechanism is configured to fit within the carriage when retracted, and selectively deploy an operational device from a stowed position within the carriage to a deployed position outside the channel for performing an operation in relation to at least one of structure and hardware proximate the channel.