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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert P Couch, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36443102 ; 364551 ; 73116 ;
Abstract
Signals which exceed a threshold magnitude (FIGS. 8, 15 and 17) produced by the upstream-most one of a plurality of electrostatic probes (1, 2, 27, 3, FIG. 1) are utilized (FIGS. 14, 16 and 18) the section of the engine most likely to have produced the signal. This provides a diagnostic aid in determining the section of the engine which is most likely to have a component exhibiting abnormal wear, or other engine event.