ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,869, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to RTX Corp. (Farmington, Conn.).
"Inspection systems and methods with airfoil sheaths" was invented by Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley (Rocky Hill, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed herein. In various embodiments, the method comprises: coupling a sheath to an airfoil of an integrally bladed rotor, the sheath comprising a plurality of apertures disposed therein; and coupling a plurality of locators to the integrally bladed rotor, each locator in the plurality of locators disposed through a corresponding aperture in the plurality of apertures."
The patent was filed on March 23...