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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:
Jul. 23, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nirm V. Nirmalan, Niskauna, NY (US);
Jeffery F. Rhodes, Zionsville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Allison Advanced Development Company, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/520 ; G01K 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/520 ; G01K 1/700 ;
Abstract
A method by which the heat transfer quality of a cooled gas engine component can be quantified for inspection purposes. A system is utilized to determine the heat transfer performance of an internally cooled structure, by analyzing the transient thermal response of the structure based upon a full field surface temperature measurement using an infrared thermal imaging system.