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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 21, 2020
Applicant:

Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp., Longueuil, CA;

Inventor:

Louis Brillon, Varennes, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 15/14 (2006.01); G01N 33/2028 (2019.01); G01N 33/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/2028 (2019.01); G01M 15/14 (2013.01); G01N 33/2888 (2013.01);
Abstract

The method can include analyzing the composition of the particulate metal debris, including ascertaining a presence of at least one main alloy element and a presence or absence of at least one signature alloy element in the particulate debris; establishing a correlation between the particulate metal debris and a set of components, including matching the ascertained presence of the at least one main alloy element to a family of alloys from which the components of the set, including the source component, are made; and determining the source component amongst the components of the set, including matching the ascertained presence or absence of the at least one signature alloy element to an alloy composition of the source component.


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