INSPECTION DEVICE AND METHOD

Patent №

US 5,961,277

Granted

1999-10-05

Filed 1997

Owner

EPIGRAM, INC.

+1 more

Lab

AI components

1

planning

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

08885683

There is provided an inspection device and method for inspecting a pump having a casing defining an internal surface and a plurality of radially spaced diffuser vanes arranged within the casing. The inspection device includes an image providing apparatus for providing a remote picture of surfaces of the vanes and the internal surface of the casing, and a maneuverable carrier apparatus for carrying the image providing apparatus, which is sufficiently manoeuvrable to pass into a space defined between adjacent diffuser vanes and beyond.

PlanningG21C 15/243G01N 21/954Y02E 30/30

AI classification

Planning0.82
Vision0.22
Natural language0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Machine learning0.00
AI hardware0.00

Ownership

EPIGRAM, INC.

assignment · 87360265

ESKOM

assignment · 88510881

Assignors

YAMANO, LARRY C., HOLLOWAY, JOHN T., FRANK, EDWARD H., MALLORY, TRACY D., CORRY, ALAN G., FORREST, CRAIG S., PETERSON, KEVIN H., ROBINSON, TIMOTHY B., SNOW, DANE

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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