Patents by Inventor Maik Dammann

Maik Dammann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and device for inspecting hard-to-reach components
    Patent number: 11995815
    Abstract: A method uses a flexible endoscope to inspect one or more hard-to-reach components of a gas turbine. The flexible endoscope has at least one image capture unit, which is configured to capture visual image information and associated 3D data, and which is located at a free end of the flexible endoscope. The method includes: introducing the flexible endoscope through an inspection opening; capturing the visual image information and the associated 3D data by the at least one image capture unit; comparing the captured 3D data to a 3D model of a component to be examined, and based on the comparison, ascertaining a relative pose of the at least one image capture unit in relation to the component; and texturing the 3D model with the visual image information captured by the at least one image capture unit, in accordance with the ascertained relative pose of the image capture unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG
    Inventors: Jan Oke Peters, Michael Thies, Thorsten Schueppstuhl, Werner Neddermeyer, Sven Rasche, Tomas Domaschke, Maik Dammann, Mattes Schumann, Jens-Peter Tuppatsch, Soenke Bahr
  • APPARATUS FOR BORESCOPE INSPECTION OF TECHNICAL DEVICES
    Publication number: 20230120378
    Abstract: An apparatus investigates a technical device using a borescope. The apparatus has: a guide tube which is introducible through a borescope opening on the technical device to be inspected using the borescope; and a repeatedly plastically deformable carrier configured to guide a borescope head arranged at one end of the carrier. The guide tube is designed to deform the carrier during the passage of the carrier through the guide tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Thorsten Schueppstuhl, Lukas Bath, Maik Dammann, Mattes Schumann, Tarek Mostafa, Oliver Neumann, Werner Neddermeyer, Sven Rasche, Tomas Domaschke, Soenke Bahr, Jan Oke Peters, Michael Thies
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INSPECTING HARD-TO-REACH COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20220084178
    Abstract: A method uses a flexible endoscope to inspect one or more hard-to-reach components of a gas turbine. The flexible endoscope has at least one image capture unit, which is configured to capture visual image information and associated 3D data, and which is located at a free end of the flexible endoscope. The method includes: introducing the flexible endoscope through an inspection opening; capturing the visual image information and the associated 3D data by the at least one image capture unit; comparing the captured 3D data to a 3D model of a component to be examined, and based on the comparison, ascertaining a relative pose of the at least one image capture unit in relation to the component; and texturing the 3D model with the visual image information captured by the at least one image capture unit, in accordance with the ascertained relative pose of the image capture unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jan Oke Peters, Michael Thies, Thorsten Schueppstuhl, Werner Neddermeyer, Sven Rasche, Tomas Domaschke, Maik Dammann, Mattes Schumann, Jens-Peter Tuppatsch, Soenke Bahr