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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2014
Applicant:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Inventors:
Darren M. Wind, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Mark A. Davidson, Palm Drive, FL (US);
Eli Cole Warren, Wethersfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/02 (2006.01); F01D 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01D 21/003 (2013.01); F05D 2270/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A turbine section according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an airfoil including an edge and a probe positioned a distance from the airfoil. The probe is configured to detect radiation emitted from a radiation source. A sensor is operatively coupled to the probe and is configured to generate a signal utilized to determine when the edge of the airfoil extends into a line-of-sight between the probe and the radiation source.