Patents by Inventor Andrew Crispin Graham
Andrew Crispin Graham 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).
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Publication number: 20240139951Abstract: Systems and methods of servicing engines including a method of servicing an engine, the method including navigating at least a portion of a robotic assembly to a location associated with the engine; applying, from the robotic assembly, a medium to one or more adjustable components of the engine while the engine is at an elevated temperature; waiting a duration of time; and with the robotic assembly, operating on the one or more adjustable components.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Andrew Crispin Graham, David Scott Diwinsky, Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR.
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Patent number: 11938907Abstract: A robotic assembly configured to service an engine, wherein the robotic assembly includes an environmental capture device configured to provide information associated with an environment in which the engine is disposed to one or more computing devices, and wherein the one or more computing devices are configured to use the information to inspect the engine before and after repair operations associated with the service to check for repair equipment, or parts thereof, left in the engine after the repair.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignees: Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited, General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrew Crispin Graham, David Scott Diwinsky, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr., Julian Matthew Foxall
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Patent number: 11935290Abstract: Systems and methods of servicing engines, an exemplary method of servicing an engine, the method including receiving, by one or more computing devices, information corresponding to one or more components of the engine; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a location of the one or more components of the engine with respect to a location of an augmented reality device; and presenting, in a current field of view display of the augmented reality device, at least a portion of the information corresponding to the one or more components of the engine, wherein the portion of the information includes a rendering of the one or more components, instructions regarding operations to be performed on the one or more components, directional arrows or contextual information associated with the one or more components, or any combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited, General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrew Crispin Graham, David Scott Diwinsky, Julian Matthew Foxall
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Patent number: 11915531Abstract: Systems and methods of servicing equipment including determining, by one or more computing devices, a workscope associated with the equipment; and at least partially-autonomously servicing the equipment in response to the determined workscope.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: General Electric Company, Oliver Crispin Robotics LimitedInventors: Andrew Crispin Graham, David Scott Diwinsky, Julian Matthew Foxall
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Patent number: 11874653Abstract: A method of servicing equipment, the method comprising: recording information associated with servicing of the equipment in view of a workscope at a first location; sending the recorded information to a node; receiving service input from a third party located at a second location different from the first location, the third party having prepared the service input in response to the recorded information on the node; and performing the service using the received service input.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignees: Oliver Crispin Robotics Limited, General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrew Crispin Graham, David Scott Diwinsky
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Publication number: 20240011413Abstract: A method of repairing a component of a gas turbine engine in situ, wherein the component includes a deposit, includes directing a flow of gas, which may be an oxygen-containing gas, to the deposit of the component; and heating the component including the deposit while the component is installed in the gas turbine engine and for a duration sufficient to substantially remove the deposit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Inventors: Michael Robert Millheam, Andrew Crispin Graham, Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR., David Scott Diwinsky, Jeremy Clyde Bailey, Michael Edward Eriksen, Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni
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Patent number: 11834990Abstract: A tool for inserting into a cavity is provided. The tool includes a plurality of segments moveably coupled to one another, each segment moveable relative to an adjacent segment between a bent position and a coupled position, the plurality of segments including a first segment, the first segment including: a core formed of a first material; and a shell formed of a second material and comprising or defining a guide feature, a drive feature, a line guide, or a combination thereof; wherein the first material defines a greater stiffness than the second material.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Oliver Crispin Robotics LimitedInventors: Trevor Owen Hawke, Andrew Crispin Graham, Jason Ralph Gordon Curle, Grant David Paul Westgarth
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Publication number: 20230313702Abstract: A servicing tool for a turbine engine and a method for using thereof are provided. A method includes inserting the tool into an access opening of the turbine engine, contacting a blade of the turbine engine, and removing material from the blade. The tool may comprise a wiper mount and a wiper, including a wiper surface, configured to contact and remove material from the blades. The tool may further comprise a body, an actuator, and fluid flowpaths for deploying the wiper and providing fluid locally to the blades of the turbine engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Ambarish J. Kulkarni, Byron A. Pritchard, Andrew Crispin Graham, Todd William Danko, Bernard P. Bewlay, Henry Ng, Michael E. Eriksen
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Publication number: 20230311303Abstract: A robotic arm is inserted into a passage of a part to be examined. Operator instructions defining a tip motion for a tip of the robotic arm, sensor readings, and an environmental map are received. The operator instructions, the environmental map and sensor readings are applied to a previously trained machine learning model to produce control signals. The control signals to an actuator on the arm to control a movement of the robotic arm allowing the robotic arm to automatically gain traction in the passage and automatically move according to the movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Andrew Crispin Graham, Julian Matthew Foxall, Rafael S. Brada, Guy Ben-Yosef
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Publication number: 20230305286Abstract: A tool stabilization mechanism is disclosed including a stabilizing device connected to a tool and movable between a deployed position and a non-deployed position, and an actuator for actuating the stabilizing device to move between the deployed position and the non-deployed position. In some forms the tool stabilization mechanism is integrated into a borescope unit, while in other forms it may be an accessory attachable to conventional borescope units. Related methods to the above are also disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2022Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Kirti Arvind Petkar, Sandeep Kumar, Jayasankar Madhusoodanan Nair, Andrew Crispin Graham
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Patent number: 11752622Abstract: An extension tool includes a plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable to a first position, the plurality of sequentially arranged links rigidly fixed to one another in the first position, the plurality of sequentially arranged links defining a first passage and a second passage, the second passage being separate from the first passage when the plurality of sequentially arranged links are rigidly fixed to one another.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignees: General Electric Company, Oliver Crispin Robotics LimitedInventors: Andrew Crispin Graham, Tim Henri Ann Francois, Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock, Michael Robert Millhaem
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Publication number: 20230271723Abstract: A method for inspecting and repairing a surface of a component of a gas turbine engine, the method including: inserting an inspection and repair tool into an interior of the gas turbine engine; inspecting the surface of the component with the inspection and repair tool; performing a repair of the surface of the component with the inspection and repair tool from within the interior of the gas turbine engine, the inspection and repair tool remaining within the interior of the gas turbine engine between inspecting the component and performing the repair of the surface of the component.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Todd William Danko, Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni, Margeaux Wallace, Hrishikesh Keshavan, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR., Michael Dean Fullington, Andrew Crispin Graham, Trevor Owen Hawke, Julian Matthew Foxall, Ahmed M. ELKady
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Patent number: 11707819Abstract: A tool assembly includes a first selectively flexible tool including a first plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable between a slacked position and a tensioned position; and a second selectively flexible tool including a second plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable between a slacked position and a tensioned position, the second plurality of sequentially arranged links moveable over or through the first plurality of sequentially arranged links.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Andrew Crispin Graham
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Patent number: 11702955Abstract: A method of repairing a component of a gas turbine engine in situ, wherein the component includes a deposit, includes directing a flow of gas, which may be an oxygen-containing gas, to the deposit of the component; and heating the component including the deposit while the component is installed in the gas turbine engine and for a duration sufficient to substantially remove the deposit.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignees: General Electric Company, Oliver Crispin Robotics LimitedInventors: Michael Robert Millhaem, Andrew Crispin Graham, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr., David Scott Diwinsky, Jeremy Clyde Bailey, Michael Edward Eriksen, Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni
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Patent number: 11702953Abstract: A tool for performing inspection and/or maintenance operations on an engine defines a longitudinal direction and a tangential direction. The tool includes a base extending along the longitudinal direction and including a body, a first extension member extending from the body in the tangential direction at a first location, and a second extension member extending from the body in the tangential direction at a second location. The second location is spaced from the first location along the longitudinal direction. The tool also includes a pivot member rotatably coupled to the base and moveable between an insertion position in which the pivot member is oriented generally along the longitudinal direction and a deployed position in which the pivot member is oriented away from the longitudinal direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignees: General Electric Company, Oliver Crispin Robotics LimitedInventors: Andrew Crispin Graham, David Scott Diwinsky, Ton Thu Lang Giang, Wayne Ray Grady
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Patent number: 11692650Abstract: A selectively flexible extension tool includes: a line assembly comprising a first line and a second line; and a plurality of sequentially arranged links, the line assembly operable with the plurality of sequentially arranged links to move the plurality of sequentially arranged links between a slacked position and a tensioned position, the plurality of sequentially arranged links together comprising a first line guide and a second line guide, the first line of the line assembly extending through the first line guide and the second line of the line assembly extending through the second line guide; wherein the first line defines a first displacement when the plurality of sequentially arranged links are moved from the slacked position to the tensioned position, wherein the second line defines a second displacement when the plurality of sequentially arranged links are moved from the slacked position to the tensioned position, and wherein the first displacement is substantially equal to the second displacement.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignees: General Electric Company, Oliver Crispin Robotics LimitedInventors: Andrew Crispin Graham, Tim Henri Ann Francois, Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock, Michael Robert Millhaem
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Patent number: 11691844Abstract: A cable tensioning system including: a body defining a balance point; a cable receiving area having gripping elements configured to grip and bias a cable relative to the cable tensioning system; and a sensor configured to sense changes to a balance of the body about the balance point, wherein the cable tensioning system is configured to maintain the cable within a preset range of tensions.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignees: General Electric Company, Oliver Crispin Robotics LimitedInventors: Mark John Zajkowski, Huseyin Kandir, Todd William Danko, Don Mark Lipkin, Wayne Ray Grady, Andrew Crispin Graham, Trevor Owen Hawke
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Patent number: 11692458Abstract: Methods of protecting a metallic substrate from corrosion include introducing an aqueous or powder-form composition including at least one corrosion inhibitor into a crevice that traverses one or more layers covering the metallic substrate to deliver the composition via the crevice into contact with a surface of the metallic substrate. The corrosion inhibitors present in the composition bond to the surface of the metallic substrate, resulting in formation of a film on the surface of the metallic substrate. This film protects the surface of the metallic substrate against corrosion.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignees: General Electric Company, Oliver Crispin Robotics LimitedInventors: Nikole Joy Kucza, Aida Amroussia, Katherine Quinn, Keith Anthony Lauria, Jack E. Howson, Andrew Crispin Graham, Erica Sampson, Eric S. Huron, Vijayaraghava Venkata Nalladega
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Patent number: 11685051Abstract: A robotic assembly for servicing equipment, the robotic assembly including an area configured to receive components associated with a workscope of the equipment; an environmental capture device configured to capture information associated with an environment in which the robotic assembly is disposed; and one or more computing devices configured to: locate the equipment in the environment; autonomously navigate the robotic assembly through the environment to the equipment; and autonomously adjust a position of the robotic assembly in response to the workscope.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignees: General Electric Company, Oliver Crispin Robotics LimitedInventors: Andrew Crispin Graham, David Scott Diwinsky
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Publication number: 20230194234Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for adjusting a tool with a plurality of segments for inserting into a cavity of a machine. The method includes determining an initial alignment measurement of at least a portion of the tool; comparing the initial alignment measurement to a target alignment measurement to determine an adjustment amount; and adjusting at least one of the plurality of segments based on the adjustment amount. The tool includes a plurality of segments moveably coupled, where one or more of the plurality of segments comprises a unique dimensional measurement affecting a fit tolerance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Andrew Crispin Graham, Trevor Owen Hawke, Peter John Nisbet