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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2003
Timothy R. Duffy, Chandler, AZ (US);
Eddie Perez-ruberte, Chandler, AZ (US);
Marisol Seda, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Timothy R. Duffy, Chandler, AZ (US);
Eddie Perez-Ruberte, Chandler, AZ (US);
Marisol Seda, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for inspecting a turbine blade of an aircraft engine may include a shaft having a proximate end and a distal end, an attachment device coupled to the distal end of the shaft and capable of being attached to a strut of the aircraft engine and an engagement device, coupled to the attachment device, capable of moving away from the attachment device and attaching to a trailing edge of the turbine blade. The apparatus may also include a probe moveably coupled to the engagement device and capable of moving along a leading edge of the turbine blade to detect a surface anomaly of the turbine blade and a control device for controlling the movement of the probe along the leading edge of the turbine engine in response to user manipulation.