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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2023
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Scott Goyette, Moosup, CT (US);
Janet Shaw, Tolland, CT (US);
Gregory S. Hagen, Glastonbury, CT (US);
David L Lincoln, Cromwell, CT (US);
Zaffir A. Chaudhry, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Jeremiah C. Lee, Coventry, CT (US);
Danbing Seto, Avon, CT (US);
RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system includes a propulsor section, an imaging device, a plurality of light sources, and a controller. The propulsor section includes a propulsor. The propulsor includes a plurality of propulsor blades. The imaging device is disposed in the propulsor section. The imaging device includes a camera. The plurality of light sources are disposed in the propulsor section. The controller includes a processor in communication with a non-transitory memory storing instructions, which instructions when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: control the plurality of light sources to direct light to the plurality of propulsor blades, control the camera to capture image data of each propulsor blade of the plurality of propulsor blades, and identify a presence or an absence of damage for each propulsor blade of the plurality of propulsor blades using the image data.