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Patent No.:

US 10161254 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2013

Structural guide vane sonic shape and inspection

Applicant:

United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);

Inventors:

Thomas B. Hyatt, Cromwell, CT (US);

William Richard Ganoe, Jr., Vernon, CT (US);

Assignee:

United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorney:

Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Mark Laurenzi

Assistant Examiner:

Mickey France

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/02 (2006.01); B23P 15/04 (2006.01); F01D 9/04 (2006.01); F01D 25/16 (2006.01); B23P 15/02 (2006.01); G05B 19/4099 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 9/02 (2013.01); B23P 15/02 (2013.01); B23P 15/04 (2013.01); F01D 9/041 (2013.01); F01D 25/162 (2013.01); F05D 2220/36 (2013.01); F05D 2230/60 (2013.01); F05D 2230/61 (2013.01); F05D 2240/12 (2013.01); G05B 19/4099 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45147 (2013.01); Y02T 50/673 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of forming a guide vane is disclosed. The method includes forming a vane blank with sufficient material to fabricate the guide vane in accordance with any one of a plurality of different vane classes. The vane blank is inspected for material inconsistencies, and material is removed from the vane blank to form a desired guide vane in accordance with one of the plurality of vane classes. The inspection process includes disregarding at least one material inconsistency in a region of the vane blank that is removed to form the guide vane.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hyatt, Thomas. (2018). Structural guide vane sonic shape and inspection (U.S. Patent No. 10161254). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10161254

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