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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:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2005
Applicants:
Douglas Edward Ingram, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Francis Howard Little, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Melvin Howard Wilkins, Loveland, OH (US);
Inventors:
Douglas Edward Ingram, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Francis Howard Little, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Melvin Howard Wilkins, Loveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for inspecting a component are provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of data points that define a shape of the component, fitting the received data points to a curve that defines a predetermined model shape, and comparing the received data points to the curve defining the predetermined model shape to determine a break radius of the component.