ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,672, issued on July 15, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Rotor blade inspection system" was invented by Scott Goyette (Moosup, Conn.), Janet Shaw (Tolland, Conn.), Gregory S. Hagen (Glastonbury, Conn.), Paul Attridge (Colchester, Conn.), Zaffir A. Chaudhry (South Glastonbury, Conn.), David L. Lincoln (Cromwell, Conn.) and Jeffrey P. King (Coventry, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inspection system for rotating fan rotor blades is provided that includes a plurality of cameras and light sources and a system controller. The cameras are controllable to capture an image of a leading edge of a fan rotor blade and pro...