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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:
Dec. 18, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Eugene F Adiutori, Westchester, OH (US);
James E Cahill, Neville, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
374 43 ; 374145 ;
Abstract
The heat transfer coefficient distribution on the surface of a component is measured by removing a predetermined amount of material from the surface of the component and replacing it with an insert comprising a layer of low thermal conductivity material, an array of temperature sensors, and a heater. The heat transfer coefficient is determined by applying a known amount of heat flux to the component by way of the heater and sensing the outputs of the temperature sensors. This procedure is carried out on actual hardware rather than on simplistic scale models of hardware.