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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Lord Corporation, Cary, NC (US);
Inventors:
Paul R. Black, Apex, NC (US);
Victor Zaccardo, Durham, NC (US);
Russell Altieri, Holly Springs, NC (US);
Lee Wakefield, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
LORD Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 11/12 (2006.01); F01D 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 11/122 (2013.01); F01D 21/003 (2013.01); F05D 2260/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensing system and method for detecting wear of an abradable layer on a stationary engine casing is provided. The system is capable of measuring the abradable thickness of the abradable layer by embedding abradable sensor in the abradable layer and measuring the changing electrical properties as the abradable sensor wears.