Device and method for transformer in-situ inspection

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PATENT NO 12163896
APP PUB NO 20150369751A1
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14762985

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An inspection device for use in a fluid container having at least an opening includes a housing sized to fit through the opening. The housing has at least two fluid flow channels extending therethrough, each having an inlet and an outlet, and a pump maintained in the housing within each fluid flow channel. The pumps are selectively controlled to maneuver the housing within the fluid container. The inspection device continues with a method of in-situ inspection of a container having at least one opening to receive a fluid, that includes up-loading a virtual model of the container into a computer, inserting the device into the container, generating a position signal by the device and receiving the position signal on a computer. A virtual image of the device in the virtual model of the container is generated to determine an actual position of the device within the container.

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HITACHI ENERGY LTDBROWN-BOVERI-STRASSE 5 ZUERICH 8050 SWITZERLAND

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Budyn, Marek Cracow, PL 3 28
Cheim, Luiz V St. Charles, US 16 102
Eakins, William Bloomfield, US 16 185
Fuhlbrigge, Thomas Ellington, US 22 123
Patel, Poorvi Ballwin, US 17 123
Rossano, Gregory F Enfield, US 30 273
Staab, Harald Bavaria, DE 22 147
Zhang, Biao West Hartford, US 125 650
Zhang, George Windsor, US 48 880

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