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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2023
Applicant:
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Inventors:
Sheridon Haye, College Station, TX (US);
Jeremiah C. Lee, Coventry, CT (US);
Assignee:
RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2024.01); F02C 7/00 (2006.01); G01M 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0291 (2013.01); F02C 7/00 (2013.01); G01M 15/14 (2013.01); G05D 1/0094 (2013.01); F05B 2260/83 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inspection system for a gas turbine engine includes a team of terrestrial drones each equipped with at least one inspection sensor and at least one processor. The processor is configured to choreograph operation of the terrestrial drones to each move along an associated drone-specific inspection path and collectively traverse an area of interest in a gas turbine engine; and operate the inspection sensor of each of the terrestrial drones to collect inspection data along the associated drone-specific inspection path.