US Patent Issued to RTX on Jan. 20 for "Autonomous inspection of a surface topology of an airfoil of a gas turbine engine" (Texas, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,551, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).

"Autonomous inspection of a surface topology of an airfoil of a gas turbine engine" was invented by Sheridon Haye (College Station, Texas) and Jeremiah Lee (Coventry, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to autonomous devices configured to inspect surface topologies of airfoils of a gas turbine engine. The autonomous device moves across the airfoil while remaining coupled thereto while sensing the surface topology of the airfoil using a plurality of topological sensors. Each of the plurality of topological sensors includes a...