US 12,221,205 B2Granted

Inspection system for inner bore inspections

AssigneeGoodrich Corporation

InventorSeokwon Lee

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Abstract

An inspection system is disclosed herein. The inspection system includes a control system and a hub assembly. The control system includes a base having a top surface and configured to move horizontally forward and backward, an upright member extending orthogonally from the top surface of the base and configured to move vertically up and down, the upright member having a top surface, and an elongated member extending orthogonal to the upright member having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end connected to the top of the upright member, wherein the elongated member is configured to rotate. The hub assembly is connected to the distal end of the elongated member. The hub assembly includes a spring-loaded arm extending orthogonally from the hub assembly and a sensor connected to a distal end of the spring-loaded arm.

Claims17

Dependent claims

An inspection system for inspecting a cylinder bore, comprising:

a control system, including:
a base having a top surface and configured to move horizontally forward and backward;
an upright member extending orthogonally from the top surface of the base and configured to move vertically up and down, the upright member having a top surface;
an elongated member extending orthogonal to the upright member having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end connected to the top of the upright member, wherein the elongated member is configured to rotate;
a rotation sensor connected to the elongated member and configured to measure rotary motion of the elongated member;
and
a sensor assembly connected to the distal end of the elongated member, the sensor assembly including:
a hub having a hub body and a first portion extending orthogonally from a surface of the hub body, wherein the hub is configured to rotate;
a first arm having a first end and an opposing second end, the first end of the first arm removably coupled to the first portion and the second end of the first arm extending away from the hub body;
a spring, wherein the second end of the first arm comprises a recess and wherein the recess is configured to receive and secure the spring;
a sensor holder, the sensor holder coupled to the second end of the first arm over the spring and the recess;
and
a sensor, the sensor configured to inspect the cylinder bore, wherein the sensor holder is configured to hold the sensor and wherein the sensor holder is configured to move up and down in response to pressure from the spring on a first end of the sensor holder or from the sensor on a second end of the sensor holder.

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A sensor assembly for inspecting a cylinder bore, comprising:

a hub having a hub body and a first portion extending orthogonally from a surface of the hub body, wherein the hub is configured to rotate;
a first arm having a first end and an opposing second end, the first end of the first arm removably connected to the first portion and the second end of the first arm extending away from the hub body;
a first spring, wherein the second end of the first arm comprises a first recess and wherein the first recess is configured to receive and secure the first spring;
a first sensor holder, the first sensor holder coupled to the second end of the first arm over the first spring and the first recess;
a first sensor, the first sensor configured to inspect the cylinder bore, wherein the first sensor holder is configured to hold the first sensor and wherein the first sensor holder is configured to move up and down in response to pressure from the first spring on a first end of the first sensor holder or from the first sensor on a second end of the first sensor holder;
an elongated member having a proximal end and a distal end and configured to move in and out of the cylinder bore, wherein the hub body is connected to the distal end of the elongated member;
and
a rotation sensor connected to the elongated member and configured to measure rotary motion of the elongated member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/741,128Filed 10 May 2022
Published: US 2023/0365253 A116 Nov 2023
Granted: 11 Feb 2025
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

B64C 25/28
Control or locking systems therefor: with indicating or warning devices
G01N 27/725
By investigating magnetic variables: by using magneto-acoustical effects or the Barkhausen effect
B64D 45/0005
Aircraft indicators or protectors not otherwise provided for: devices specially adapted to indicate the position of a movable element of the…
B64C
Aeroplanes