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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2017
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Sameh Dardona, South Windsor, CT (US);
Dustin D. Caldwell, Portland, CT (US);
Paul Sheedy, Bolton, CT (US);
Thomas D. Kasprow, Glastonbury, CT (US);
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
In combination a wear indication sensor and a component of a gas turbine engine is provided. The wear indication sensor is secured to a first surface of the component of the gas turbine engine. The wear indication sensor comprises: a first terminal; a second terminal electrically connected to the first terminal; two or more of resistors electrically connecting the first terminal to the second terminal, each of the two or more resistors including a first end electrically connected to the first terminal and a second end electrically connected to the second terminal, wherein each of the two or more resistors has a known resistance; and a first electrode electrically connecting the first terminal to the first end of each of the two or more resistors; wherein the first end of each of the two or more resistors is electrically connected to the first electrode through primary conductive lines.