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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:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

May. 13, 2022
Applicant:

Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Inventors:

Keith R. Boislard, Colchester, CT (US);

Ozgur Erdinc, Mansfield, CT (US);

Kathryn S. Conety, East Haddam, CT (US);

Iuliana Cernatescu, Glastonbury, CT (US);

Garrett Kernozicky, Mansfield, CT (US);

Assignee:

RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/06 (2006.01); F01D 5/20 (2006.01); F01D 5/28 (2006.01); F01D 11/12 (2006.01); G01B 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/0616 (2013.01); F01D 5/20 (2013.01); F01D 5/288 (2013.01); F01D 11/122 (2013.01); G01B 11/30 (2013.01); F05D 2260/80 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method can comprise: scanning, via an optical scanner, a tip of an airfoil of a bladed rotor, the tip including a coating disposed thereon, the coating comprising a metal plating and a plurality of protrusions, each protrusion in the plurality of protrusions extending from the metal plating; comparing a coating parameter of the coating to a coating parameter threshold based on scanner data from the optical scanner; and determining whether the coating maintains sufficient coverage of the tip of the airfoil based on the comparing.


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