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Patent No.:

US 12394179 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 29, 2022

Performing vane classification for turbine engines using structured light three-dimensional (3d) scans

Applicant:

Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Inventors:

Kun Tong, West Hartford, CT (US);

Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, Rocky Hill, CT (US);

Venumadhava Ponnala, East Hampton, CT (US);

Andres Diaz Alvarado, Humacao, PR;

Assignee:

RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorney:

CANTOR COLBURN LLP

Primary Examiner:

Courtney D Heinle

Assistant Examiner:

Danielle M. Christensen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 10/764 (2022.01); F01D 9/02 (2006.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 10/764 (2022.01); F01D 9/02 (2013.01); G06T 7/521 (2017.01); G06T 17/20 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2240/12 (2013.01); F05D 2250/20 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10028 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30164 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example method for vane classification includes scanning, using a structured light scanner, a vane for a turbine engine to capture three-dimensional (3D) data about the vane. The method further includes generating a point cloud from the 3D data about the vane. The method further includes connecting, using a processing system, points of the point cloud to generate a mesh surface. The method further includes determining, using the processing system, an airflow for an airfoil of the vane based at least in part on the mesh surface. The method further includes constructing the turbine engine based at least in part on the airflow for the airfoil of the vane without reference to an adjacent airfoil of the vane.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Tong, Kun. (2025). Performing vane classification for turbine engines using structured light three-dimensional (3d) scans (U.S. Patent No. 12394179). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12394179

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