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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2024
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Younkoo Jeong, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Zhen Liu, Waterford, NY (US);
Andrew Crispin Graham, Badminton, GB;
Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni, Glenville, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
In some embodiments, apparatuses and methods are provided herein useful for performing maintenance operations within a gas turbine engine. In some embodiments, a tool performing maintenance operations within a gas turbine engine includes a link assembly; an elongated enclosure having a cavity and an enclosure line guide; a line assembly inserted through the enclosure line guide and is selectively coupled to the tip link of the link assembly; and an actuator apparatus coupled to the link assembly and configured to move the link assembly through the cavity and out of the distal end of the elongated enclosure from a retracted state to an extended state.