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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2024
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Inventors:
Arthur W. Sibbach, Boxford, MA (US);
Brandon W. Miller, Middletown, OH (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Evendale, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 7/00 (2006.01); F01D 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 7/00 (2013.01); F01D 21/003 (2013.01); F05D 2220/36 (2013.01); F05D 2260/70 (2013.01);
Abstract
A turbine engine includes a fan having a plurality of fan blades, a nacelle that surrounds the fan, and a fan blade sensor system. The fan blade sensor system includes a plurality of fan blade sensors disposed in the nacelle to sense the plurality of fan blades as the plurality of fan blades rotates. The fan blade sensor system also includes a controller that determines a fan speed of the fan based on a rotational time between the fan blades as sensed by the plurality of fan blade sensors.