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Patent No.:

US 8581577 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2011
Applicants:

Jeffrey Bishop Draper, McVeytown, PA (US);

Lance Edmund Maggy, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey Bishop Draper, McVeytown, PA (US);

Lance Edmund Maggy, Mount Pleasant, SC (US);

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 27/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An inspection assembly for insertion inspection of an elongate hollow member. The inspection assembly includes a probe head including at least one sensor for sensing a characteristic of the elongate hollow member as the probe head is moved internally within the elongate hollow member. The assembly includes a flexible shaft connected to the probe head and transmitting a motive force to the probe head to move the probe head within the elongate hollow member. The flexible shaft encloses at least one wire operatively connected between the probe head and at least one component external to the elongate hollow member for sensory operation of the at least one sensor. The flexible shaft is at least partially corrugated.


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Draper, Jeffrey. (2013). Low row steam generator inspection probe (U.S. Patent No. 8581577). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8581577

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