US 12,257,663 B2
Remote surface treatment systems and methods
Jack T. Matsumoto, San Jose, CA (US); and Nicholas F. Di Bari, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC, Wilmington, NC (US)
Filed by GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC, Wilmington, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 2, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/372,961.
Prior Publication US 2020/0316746 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
Int. Cl. B24B 29/02 (2006.01); B24B 47/22 (2006.01)
CPC B24B 29/02 (2013.01) [B24B 47/22 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for polishing a remote surface, comprising:
a bridge shaped to secure around the surface;
a spindle coupled to the bridge and rotatable about a first axis; and
a polishing assembly secured under the bridge to the spindle, wherein the polishing assembly includes a polishing surface rotatable about a second axis and the pneumatic slide configured to expand to force the polishing surface along the second axis.