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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. 18, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andrew John Tomko, Glenville, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/008 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/008 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for evaluating and marking deviations of a surface of a part from a design standard for the surface. The method comprises determining a point deviation for each of a plurality of points on the surface and determining deviation regions for the surface. Each deviation region includes only surface points having point deviations within a predefined deviation range associated with the deviation region. The method further comprises preparing a graphical representation of the surface illustrating the deviation regions and applying a copy of the graphical representation to the surface.