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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:
Feb. 17, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas E Bantel, Cincinnati, OH (US);
David C Mack, Waukesha, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250340 ; 250334 ; 374-5 ;
Abstract
In the present invention, the temperatures of cooling passages in a gas turbine engine blade are changed, as by forcing a heated gas through them. The infrared signatures of the channels are measured during the initial temperature transient of the channels and the signatures are compared with a reference. The reference may be the signature of other channels on the same blade.