US 12,419,498 B2
All-purpose foreign object debris detection and retrieval device
Joseph David Sirmans, Marietta, GA (US); Jonathan Richard Olson, Fort Worth, TX (US); Anthony Robert Mann, Fort Worth, TX (US); and Gene McGarry, Huntington, NY (US)
Assigned to Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US)
Filed by Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/938,356.
Prior Publication US 2022/0024605 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B64F 5/60 (2017.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01); B64F 5/40 (2017.01); G01B 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01)
CPC A61B 1/00133 (2013.01) [B64F 5/40 (2017.01); B64F 5/60 (2017.01); G01B 5/0002 (2013.01); F05D 2230/72 (2013.01); H04N 23/555 (2023.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating an inspection system, comprising:
lining a working channel of at least a portion of a borescope with a tubular;
inserting at least the portion of the borescope about a distal end of the borescope into a designated area;
actuating the borescope through a means of a rotating lever;
displaying a location of foreign object debris through a camera disposed at the distal end of the borescope;
translating a piston plunger through a portion of the tubular lining the working channel, wherein the piston plunger exits the tubular at the distal end of the borescope; and
dispensing a sealant onto the foreign object debris by displacing the sealant from the tubular using the piston plunger to fix the foreign object debris to the location.