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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:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2015
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Gregory Lee Hovis, Martinez, GA (US);
Jason Lee Burnside, Greenville, SC (US);
William Farris Ranson, Columbia, SC (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 5/30 (2006.01); G01B 11/14 (2006.01); G01B 15/00 (2006.01); G01M 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 11/14 (2013.01); G01B 15/00 (2013.01); G01M 15/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods for monitoring a components include locating a plurality of naturally occurring surface features on the component, locating at least one reference point, measuring a plurality of first distances between the plurality of naturally occurring surface features and the at least one reference point.