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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2013
Applicant:
GE Aviation Systems Llc, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Jay Knobloch, Guilderland, NY (US);
Andrew Scott Kessie, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Joseph Bernard Steffler, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Brian Jacob Loyal, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Assignee:
GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/10 (2006.01); G01N 15/06 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); F02C 7/05 (2006.01); G01N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/0656 (2013.01); B64D 45/00 (2013.01); F02C 7/05 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G01N 15/06 (2013.01); B64D 2045/009 (2013.01); B64D 2045/0085 (2013.01); F05D 2260/80 (2013.01); G01N 2015/0046 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft including a jet engine including a core having a compressor and combustion chamber, and a particulate sensor located within the core and a particulate detection method for an aircraft having a jet engine where the method includes sensing particulates within the core and providing a corresponding value for the sensed particulates and providing an indication related thereto.