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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:
May. 02, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald I Marron, Springfield, PA (US);
Wilbert B Rethage, Washington Township, Westmoreland County, PA (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01H / ; G06G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364559 ; 73660 ; 356375 ;
Abstract
A blade pitch measurement apparatus comprises first means for providing an indication of the instantaneous angular position of the rotor relative to a reference location and second means for providing an indication of the passage of a tenon through a selected location about the rotor. A third means is operatively coupled to and responsive to the indications provided by the first and second means for providing an indication of the angular position of each tenon and for computing blade pitch. A method of measuring blade pitch is also disclosed.